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Cleveland State University NewsenPassing of Pamela K. Rutarhttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/passing-pamela-k-rutar
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The CSU community was saddended to learn of the death of Pamela K. Rutar, Associate Dean of Research and Collaborative Partnerships for the School of Nursing. Pam passed away Tuesday May 22 after a brief illness. She is survived by her husband of twenty-two years, Dale Rutar; her daughter, Kelly M. Trnian of Charlotte, North Carolina and her sisters, Kim Roshong of Canton and Lisa George of Massillon.</p>
<p>During her nearly decade-long tenure at CSU, Pam was devoted to nursing education and to helping prepare the next generation of innovative and caring health care professionals to work in the Cleveland community and beyond. Prior to coming to CSU, Pam served as a faculty member at the Firelands Regional Medical Center School of Nursing in Sandusky, as Utilization Management Coordinator at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland and as Director of Women’s and Children’s Health at St. John Westshore Hospital in Westlake.</p>
<p>Friends may call Friday, May 25, 2018, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Hempel Funeral Home; 373 Cleveland Ave., Amherst, OH. Closing Prayers will be held Saturday at 9 a.m. at the funeral home, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church; 200 St. Joseph Drive, Amherst, OH.</p>
<p>The family suggests that memorial contributions be made to the Cleveland State University Scholarship Fund for the School of Nursing or St. Joseph Catholic School’s Named Scholarship Fund for Pamela Rutar.</p></div></div></div>Thu, 24 May 2018 15:17:17 +0000600093320474 at http://www.csuohio.eduLack of Paid Sick Leave Increases Povertyhttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/lack-paid-sick-leave-increases-poverty
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><h6><em>Also increases medical care costs and use of welfare</em></h6>
<p>Research conducted by Cleveland State University and Florida Atlantic University has, for the first time, quantified the relationship between the lack of paid sick leave and poverty in the United States. The data indicates that, even when controlling for education, race, sex, marital status and employment, working adults without paid sick leave are three times more likely to have incomes below the poverty line.</p>
<p>Findings also show that people with no paid sick leave benefits are more likely to experience food insecurity and require welfare services. Currently, only seven states mandate that employers provide paid sick leave benefits and nearly a third of all workers in the United States lack these protections.</p>
<p>“Numerous studies have shown the negative effects lack of paid sick leave has on society, but this is the first time a direct correlation has been observed between the absence of these benefits and the incidence of poverty,” notes Patricia Stoddard Dare, associate professor of social work at Cleveland State. “This adds to the growing body of evidence that paid sick leave is a key factor in health care affordability and economic security.”</p>
<p>Studies published in two academic, peer-reviewed journals, <em><a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00981389.2018.1447532?journalCode=wshc20">Social Work in Health Care</a></em> and the <em><a href="http://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2018-07167-001.html">American Journal of Orthopsychiatry</a></em>, utilized data collected from the 2015 National Health Interview Survey to assess the effect of no paid sick leave on two key indicators of poverty, income and the need to utilize welfare services. On top of being three times more likely to live below the poverty line, working adults between the ages of 18 and 64 were also nearly 1.5 times more likely to receive income support from state and county welfare programs and nearly 1.4 times more likely to receive food stamps.</p>
<p>The authors argue that the main reason for these correlations are the higher cost of medical expenses, lack of preventive care and missed wages incurred by individuals and families who do not have paid sick leave benefits.</p>
<p>“Paid sick leave benefits serve as a structural mechanism for preventing working families from becoming the working poor,” says LeaAnne DeRigne associate professor in the Phyllis and Harvey Sandler School of Social Work at Florida Atlantic University. “Given the public investments made in welfare, food stamps and other social services, mandating paid sick leave is a clear policy lever for reducing the need for these services among millions of individuals nationally.”</p>
<p>The journal articles were co-authored by Christopher Mallett, professor of social work, and Linda Quinn, senior lecturer in mathematics, both at Cleveland State University.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><h6>Prominent alumni return to school to “pay it forward”</h6>
<p><img alt="Ronald Adrine" height="438" width="350" style="margin-right: 5px; margin-left: 5px; float: right;" class="media-element file-default media-float-right" data-delta="1" typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/Adrine%2CRonald.png" title="" /></p>
<div><span>Cleveland State University’s Cleveland-Marshall College of Law has appointed Judge Ronald Adrine ’73 and Professor Emerita Susan Becker ’83 as the latest Leaders-in-Residence at the law school. Judge Adrine will serve as a Jurist-in-Residence and Professor Emerita Becker as a Public Interest Leader-In Residence.</span></div>
<p>“We are fortunate to welcome back two distinguished alumni who have vast knowledge and expertise to offer our students and faculty,” said Lee Fisher, dean of C|M|LAW. “Both are deeply invested in our school and serve as models for what can be achieved with a legal education.”</p>
<p>Judge Adrine recently retired as Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Cleveland Municipal Court, a position he held since 2009. He first took a seat on the Court in 1981 and was reelected five times. Judge Adrine is the co-author of Ohio Domestic Violence Law and is a nationally-recognized expert on domestic violence issues. He is a past recipient of the Cleveland-Marshall Law Alumni Association Alumni of the Year Award and the Cleveland State University Distinguished Alumni Award for Civic Achievement. In 2017, was inducted as an inaugural member of the C|M|LAW Hall of Fame, along with his father, Russell, a 1954 C|M|LAW graduate.</p>
<p>“I see service as C|M|LAW's first Jurist-in-Residence as an opportunity to pay it forward,” said Judge Adrine. “I owe so much of my success to this institution. Hopefully, I'll be able to share that success with others seeking a legal career in public service. It is my intention and hope that my service in this role will advance the fortunes and the reputation of the school that made it all possible for me.”</p>
<p><img alt="Becker" height="438" width="350" style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: right;" class="media-element file-default media-float-right" data-delta="2" typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/Becker-bio-pix.png" title="" />Becker has been a part of C|M|LAW for nearly four decades, first as a law student and then an adjunct instructor, law professor, associate dean, and currently as professor emerita. She served for 24 years as a full-time faculty member at C|M|LAW before retiring in June 2014.</p>
<p>Throughout her academic career, Becker maintained a pro bono practice, providing legal counsel primarily regarding attorney ethics and professionalism, and forms of discrimination that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals commonly experience. Becker currently works in a volunteer capacity as a board member and as general counsel for the ACLU of Ohio. She was awarded the Cleveland State University Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award in 2010 and will be inducted as a 2018 member of the C|M|LAW Hall of Fame on October 26.</p>
<p>"In many ways this appointment feels like a homecoming, as well as an exclamation point on an amazing legal career,” said Becker. “I am honored to be appointed to this position, and am very excited about joining forces with our amazing students, Dean Fisher, the adjunct and full-time faculty and staff to continue advancing C|M|LAW's core mission to ‘Learn Law. Live Justice.’."</p>
<p>The school’s <a href="https://www.law.csuohio.edu/facultystaff/leaderinresidence">Leader-in-Residence</a> program, founded in 2017, is designed to closely connect students, staff and faculty with volunteer community leaders from whom they can learn and benefit. C|M|LAW will have seven leaders-in-residence as Judge Adrine and Becker join Steve Percy ’76, P. Kelly Tompkins ’81, Technologist-in-Residence Robert Eckman, Legal Educator-in-Residence Howard Katz, and Scholar-in-Residence Eric Tucker. </p></div></div></div>Tue, 22 May 2018 14:20:41 +0000600104720463 at http://www.csuohio.eduFaculty Spotlight: Janine Spearshttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/faculty-spotlight-janine-spears
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><img alt="Spears" height="467" width="350" style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: right;" class="media-element file-default media-float-right" data-delta="1" typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/Spears-faculty-photo.png" title="" /><a href="http://facultyprofile.csuohio.edu/csufacultyprofile/detail.cfm?FacultyID=j_l_spears">Dr. Janine Spears</a> joined the <a href="/business/information-systems">Department of Information Systems</a> in CSU’s Monte Ahuja College of Business as an associate professor in fall 2016. Previously, Dr. Spears served as a faculty member in DePaul University’s School of Computing.</p>
<p>She is an expert in information security risk management and applies a business-driven approach to analyzing risk within operational work processes. She utilizes threat modeling methods to provide a visual representation of security risk and seeks to better communicate that risk to end users and systems developers. </p>
<p>Her research has been published in <em>MIS Quarterly</em>, <em>Information &amp; Management</em>, <em>The</em> <em>Journal of Information Systems Education</em>, <em>ISACA Journal</em>, and in IEEE and AIS conference proceedings.</p>
<p>Dr. Spears holds a Ph.D from the Smeal College of Business at Pennsylvania State University, an MBA from Case Western Reserve University and a B.S. in computer information systems from California State University, Los Angeles.</p></div></div></div>Wed, 16 May 2018 21:00:45 +0000600093320454 at http://www.csuohio.eduAlumna Earns Exoneration for Client Wrongfully Convicted of Murderhttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/alumna-earns-exoneration-for-client-wrongfully-convicted-murder
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><img alt="Kimberly Corral" height="390" width="1000" class="media-element file-default" data-delta="1" typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/corral.png" title="" /></p>
<p>Five years ago, Kimberly Corral was a recently minted attorney with a passion for justice. Working as a solo practitioner on criminal justice cases, she received a call from Ru-El Sailor that would begin a five-year representation that would culminate in exonerating a man who spent 15 years in a prison for a murder he did not commit.</p>
<p>Sailor reached out to Corral, a 2012 graduate of Cleveland State University’s Cleveland Marshall College of Law, 10 years into his sentence for a 2003 murder conviction. The details of Sailor’s conviction were peculiar at the time. No physical evidence ever tied Sailor to Omar Clark's death. He was not associated with the murder for months until Cordell Hubbard, the other person eventually convicted in Clark’s murder, filed a notice of alibi stating that he was with Sailor that night. As such, he was brought to trial less than five weeks after his arrest. Only one of three witnesses identified Sailor as being at the scene and the other victim in the case recognized Sailor days after initially stating he could not identify the shooter. During a post-conviction sentencing hearing, Hubbard declared that Sailor was innocent, and told the judge that his accomplice was a man named Will Sizemore.</p>
<p>Hubbard’s confession and additional witness statements still had not been enough to get Sailor a new day in court. When Corral received the call, Sailor had just lost an appeal of the denial of a Motion for Leave to File a New Trial Motion and was procedurally exhausted. Despite this being an “impossible case” which many other lawyers had turned down, Corral took up Sailor’s defense.</p>
<p>“When (Ru-El) told me on the phone that ‘someone else has admitted to these murders,’ I naively thought there had to be something we could do about that without knowing how difficult the post-conviction process really is,” explained Corral.</p>
<p>Corral turned to the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office’s then newly established Conviction Integrity Unit (CIU), designed to review cases of those who maintain their innocence. They applied to the unit on two separate occasions, and were denied both times. Remaining diligent, Corral and Ru-El’s finance Amy Spence teamed with the Ohio Innocence Project and fought on. They highlighted the fact that the CIU had failed to exonerate anyone since its creation and, during the next election cycle, were able to secure a commitment from soon-to-be-elected Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O'Malley on how he would treat cases such as Sailor’s. True to his word, O’Malley’s office accepted the Sailor case on their third filing and conducted a thorough 15-month investigation, leading to Sailor’s exoneration and release in March 2018. It was the first case Cuyahoga County’s Conviction Integrity Unit had overturned stemming from a convict’s application.</p>
<p>Corral had been interested in righting wrongs when she applied to law school and Cleveland-Marshall’s slogan of ‘Learn Law. Live Justice” has rung true to her ever since.</p>
<p>“Hearing that theme repeated enough, I realized what was happening in this case was not justice,” said Corral. “The court’s constant inability to address its own mistakes was an ongoing injustice. So at every point when it seemed like there was nothing else to do, we tried something else, because I was unwilling to call my client who deserved justice and say ‘there’s nothing else I can do’.”</p>
<p>The case and Corral’s representation have received substantial local and national media attention in recent weeks and she has received an uptick of calls from people looking for access to post-conviction release. It is a challenging area of law, due to a lack of resources for potential clients and the difficulty of overcoming systemic push back. But Corral remains willing to fight wrongful convictions and prevent them from occurring in the first place through her growing criminal and capital practice with Baioni Corral, LLP.</p>
<p>Corral is active in the C|M|LAW community and has come back to the law school on several occasions to talk with recently admitted and first-year law students. Her message: always take the path that most interests them.</p>
<p>“I’ve generally taken the most interesting path to me, which has led to a practice that is engaging, interesting and constantly growing and changing,” explained Corral. “Whatever your interests are, I think if you constantly make those choices it will inevitably lead you to a career that is rewarding and meaningful.”</p>
<p>“I would choose C|M|LAW again because they supported me at every corner, even if there wasn’t an existing path in whatever I wanted to do,” she continued. “That means a lot to me that (C|M|LAW is) educating students in mass but is very much providing an individualized education.”</p>
<p>Based on that philosophy, it is no surprise that Corral’s unique path traces back to her journey to law school. She is a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art where she was interested in painting and then shifted to industrial design. But she could not find a job that gave her the opportunity to pursue the social justice work she desired. Stuck in a position she describes as “making things that were going to go into a landfill,” she decided to drop everything and engage in a nine-week cross-country bicycle trip as part of Bike Across America. During the trip, which included stops in many urban communities and rural communities experiencing various social hardships, she rode with several Yale University students who were going on to attend law school, and was inspired to pursue law school herself.</p>
<p>“That trip introduced me to this sort of emboldened way of thinking, ‘I can fix this, I can solve this,’ which is how everyone on that trip approached problems,” said Corral. “Most of them were going on to law school as a means of solving injustices and I realized I could do the same.”</p>
<p>Due to the time constraints of her caseload and raising a family, Corral has been forced to put her artistic work on the backburner, but she plans to one day return to the canvas to produce a series of art pieces that capture her experience as a lawyer. In the meantime her can-do-anything attitude ─ that has led to experiences such as traveling to Alaska as a law student for a semester working as a public defender and taking up Brazilian Jiu Jitsu as a stress reliving hobby while studying for the bar exam ─ lives on and was paramount in her fight to free an innocent man.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Cleveland State University’s Office of Research has released the latest edition of its online newsletter, CSU Research. It includes a tribute to retiring CSU President Roonald M. Berkman, highlighting all he has done over his tenure to support research on campus. It also features profiles on school counseling faculty member Dakota King-White, accounting scholar Mark Holtzblatt, and NSF Graduate Fellow Kyra Rudy.</p>
<p>Read the <a href="/research/news/email/newsletter/volume5-issue5.html">newsletter</a>. Learn more about the <a href="/research/research">Office of Research at CSU</a>.</p></div></div></div>Tue, 15 May 2018 13:27:06 +0000600104720449 at http://www.csuohio.eduRadiance Raises Record $1.7 Million in 2018http://www.csuohio.edu/news/radiance-raises-record-17-million-in-2018
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><h6>Over the last 7 years, event has provided $7.8M for scholarships</h6>
<p><img alt="Radiance" height="390" width="1000" class="media-element file-default" data-delta="1" typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/Radiance2018.png" title="" /></p>
<p>Radiance: Realizing the Promise, Cleveland State University’s signature fundraising event to support scholarships and student success initiatives, raised a record $1.7 million in donations for 2018. The announcement was made by event co-chairs Nancy McCann and Bernie Moreno as part of the annual Radiance gala held on May 8. Since its inception in 2011, Radiance has raised over $7.8 million to support students with financial need in graduating on time with less debt.</p>
<p>“Radiance is a truly special initiative because it focuses on helping the neediest students reach their full potential, while furthering CSU’s mission of providing high-quality, accessible education for all,” says McCann, who previously served as chair of the CSU Foundation Board of Directors.</p>
<p>The Radiance gala included the awarding of the President’s Medal, CSU’s highest honor, to longtime university supporters Tom Adler, a member of the University’s Board of Trustees, Timothy Cosgrove, current chair of the CSU Foundation Board, and Beth Mooney, chair and CEO of KeyCorp. It also featured the awarding of a special citation to retiring CSU President Ronald M. Berkman for his leadership in creating Radiance and spearheading its growth over the last seven years.</p>
<p>“Tom, Tim and Beth have been tremendous partners in our efforts to support CSU’s most important asset, our students, and we are pleased to be able to show our appreciation through the awarding of these medals,” adds Moreno, who completed his term as chair of CSU’s Board of Trustees in 2018. “Furthermore, the success of Radiance and the tremendous growth of CSU in general are a direct result of the leadership of Ron Berkman and we want to thank him for all he has done to support the important mission of the University.”</p>
<p><a href="/financial-aid/radiance-scholarships">Radiance Scholarships</a> provide up to $3,000 in financial support annually to students with financial need who are in good academic standing with a focus on Cleveland Metropolitan High School graduates, STEM majors, and Federal Pell Grant recipients. Radiance funds are also used to support CSU’s <a href="/financial-aid/last-mile-grant">Last Mile Program</a> which provides financial support to upperclassman who are nearing graduation but have maxed out of federal and state financial aid.</p></div></div></div>Thu, 10 May 2018 12:38:57 +0000600104720444 at http://www.csuohio.eduComebacker Summit Seeks to Boost College Completionhttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/comebacker-summit-seeks-boost-college-completion
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>A significant focus of degree attainment initiatives is the effort to assist adult learners, who have left college for various reasons, in returning and completing their degrees. However, the financial, social and academic issues these students face present unique challenges that require specific expertise and programs of support.</p>
<p>Cleveland State University and College Now are seeking to improve information sharing and best practices for supporting adult learners through the first annual Northeast Ohio Comebacker Summit. The event will bring together colleges and universities from across the region and will feature experts in college completion, adult learning and student retention. The all-day event will be held Friday, May 11 on the CSU campus.</p>
<p>The Summit, funded by the Association of Public Land Grant Universities, is part of Ohio’s larger Attainment Goal 2025 which seeks to raise the level of individuals aged 25-64 with a post-secondary credential to 65 percent by 2025. Currently, only 39.1% of Ohioans hold an associate degree or higher. Experts note that given the shrinking demographics of traditional college age students, adult learners must be a key component of attainment efforts if they are to be successful.</p>
<p>For more information about CSU’s efforts to promote college completion, visit <a href="/undergraduate-studies/reconnect-college">https://www.csuohio.edu/undergraduate-studies/reconnect-college</a>.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><h6><em>Uses more clean energy than any Horizon League school</em></h6>
<p>Cleveland State University has been selected by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as the Horizon League Conference Champion in the <a href="http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/college-and-university-challenge">2017-18 College and University Green Power Challenge</a>. CSU uses more than 18 million kilowatt-hours of green power per year, more than any other school in the Horizon League. This represents 30 percent of the school’s electricity use and is equivalent to the electricity needed to power 2,000 average American homes.</p>
<p>In the 2017-18, the 38 collegiate conferences and 109 schools competing in the Challenge used nearly 3.6 billion kWh of green power. The competition is open to any collegiate athletic conference in the United States. To qualify, a conference must include at least two schools that qualify as Green Power Partners, and the conference must collectively use at least 10 million kWh of green power.</p>
<p>“CSU is committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with campus operations, and we are honored to win this award for the second year in a row,” says Jennifer McMillin, director of campus sustainability at CSU.</p>
<p>Cleveland State’s green energy effort is a component of a broader sustainability plan which is designed to reduce waste, increase efficiency and conserve water and energy across campus. For example, CSU Dining transitioned from disposable tableware to 100% plant-based compostable products. Last year, twenty tons of waste was composted thanks to a kitchen compost program which contributed to a total of 287 tons of waste diverted from landfills in 2017. Other efforts include the launch of a battery recycling program, the addition of new labels to recycling bins across campus, and the development of a Green Event Guide to assist planners to reduce waste at campus events.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Six Cleveland State University students have been selected to receive the prestigious <a href="https://exchanges.state.gov/us/program/benjamin-gilman-international-scholarship-program">Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship</a> sponsored by the U.S. Department of State<em>.</em></p>
<p>The students will receive up to $5,000 to apply towards study abroad experiences around the world. They are among the 1,200 students from over 360 colleges and universities who have been awarded scholarships for summer 2018. The CSU recipients are:</p>
<ul><li>Chandra Bynum will study creative writing at London Metropolitan University in Great Britain.</li>
<li>Sarah Scadden will take a course in linguistics at the University of Tartu in Estonia.</li>
<li>Imani Stephens will travel to Viterbo, Italy to study art history.</li>
<li>Tyisha Blade will study travel writing at John Cabot University in Rome.</li>
<li>Saiida Bowie will take a class in African studies at the University of Ghana in Legon.</li>
<li>Alison Vincent will study health sciences at University College, London.</li>
</ul><p>The Gilman Scholarship was created in 2001 and provides financial support to assist American undergraduate students in studying or interning abroad. It has enabled more than 25,000 students to engage in meaningful international education experiences, broadening U.S. participation in study abroad generally, while emphasizing countries and regions where fewer Americans traditionally study.</p>
<p>The late Congressman Gilman, for whom the scholarship is named, served in the House of Representatives for 30 years and chaired the House Foreign Relations Committee. When honored with the Secretary of State’s Distinguished Service Medal in 2002, he commented, “Living and learning in a vastly different environment of another nation not only exposes our students to alternate views, but adds an enriching social and cultural experience. It also provides our students with the opportunity to return home with a deeper understanding of their place in the world, encouraging them to be a contributor, rather than a spectator in the international community.”</p>
<p>The Gilman Program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and is supported in its implementation by the Institute of International Education (IIE).</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><img alt="Carl Allamby" height="390" width="1000" class="media-element file-default" data-delta="1" typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/AllambySlider.png" title="" /></p>
<p>After a long career as a small business owner running an auto repair business, Carl Allamby decided to take a chance and pursue his life-long dream of becoming a doctor.</p>
<p>In investigating his options, Allamby looked for a program that could provide the academic support he needed to prepare for medical school; the flexibility and assistance necessary for a non-traditional, working studen;, and the opportunity to serve his community.</p>
<p>He found all three in the <a href="/sciences/neomed/neomed">Partnership for Urban Health</a>.</p>
<p>“I had a successful career and a family, but I really wanted to more directly help people and saw medicine as a perfect way to make my community a better place,” Allamby says. “Through the CSU-NEOMED program I have found the support I needed to succeed and developed the skills necessary to provide excellent medical care to the populations and neighborhoods that need it the most.”</p>
<p>The Partnership, founded by Cleveland State University and Northeast Ohio Medical University and now including Ohio University, seeks to recruit and train a more diverse healthcare workforce to provide primary care to medically underserved urban communities. The goal is to connect future physicians directly to the types of communities they will serve after completing their training.</p>
<p>Students in the program take pre-med courses at Cleveland State and qualify for early assurance admission to NEOMED or Ohio University where they pursue an urban health curriculum and have an opportunity to conduct numerous clinical and non-clinical assignments at Cleveland-area healthcare facilities.</p>
<p>Allamby took post-baccalaureate classes at CSU to obtain the additional academic preparation he needed before officially enrolling in medical school in 2015. During his tenure at NEOMED, he has completed medical rotations at Metro Health and Summa Health System and a non-clinical rotation at Northeast Ohio Neighborhood Health Services Inc. He is also currently serving as a student member of NEOMED’s Board of Trustees, providing incites on the academic, financial and social needs of students on campus.</p>
<p>Now in his third year of medical school, Allamby is on schedule to graduate next year.</p>
<p>“The support and assistance I received from the dedicated faculty and staff at CSU and NEOMED has been central to my success,” Allamby says. “At every turn people were there to make sure I had everything I needed and could accomplish the goals I set for myself.”</p>
<p>Allamby also stresses that while the program provides excellent training in science and medicine, he has learned just as much if not more from the courses and rotations that focused on the social, mental and economic needs of urban populations. He feels the social and cultural skills he is learning will make him a much better care giver and will be required knowledge for all individuals practicing medicine in the 21st Century.</p>
<p>“The science is important but so are the people being cared for,” Allamby notes. “This program is really teaching us how to be effective community health advocates as well as good doctors.”</p></div></div></div>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 14:52:13 +0000600104720420 at http://www.csuohio.eduC|M|LAW Has Highest Passage Rate for State Bar Examhttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/cmlaw-has-highest-passage-rate-for-state-bar-exam
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><strong><img alt="Law Student" height="197" width="350" style="margin-right: 5px; margin-left: 5px; float: right;" class="media-element file-default media-float-right" data-delta="1" typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/LawStudent.png" title="" /></strong></p>
<p>Cleveland State University’s <a href="https://www.law.csuohio.edu">Cleveland-Marshall College of Law</a> had the highest passage rate for first-time takers of the February Ohio Bar Exam among Ohio’s nine law schools. The school’s 26 newly minted attorneys are also the most of any law school in the state.</p>
<p>C|M|LAW’s first-time bar takers passed the exam at a rate of 82%, considerably higher than the average passage rate of 67% for all first-time takers of this February Exam. </p>
<p>The first-time pass rates for all Ohio law schools are:</p>
<ul><li><strong>Cleveland-Marshall (82%)</strong></li>
<li>University of Toledo (78%)</li>
<li>Case Western Reserve (71%)</li>
<li>Capital University (64%)</li>
<li>University of Akron (58%)</li>
<li>University of Dayton (50%)</li>
<li>Ohio State (50%)</li>
<li>University of Cincinnati (33%)</li>
<li>Ohio Northern (0%)</li>
</ul><p>“Today we appreciate the rising success of our law school, as also evidenced by our recent 14-point increase in our U.S. News national ranking, the 4<sup>th</sup> largest increase of any law school in the nation,” said Lee Fisher, dean of <strong>C|M|LAW.</strong></p>
<p>C|M|LAW offers its students several complimentary programs to help them prepare for the Ohio Bar Exam. For example, C|M|LAW assigns a faculty mentor for each bar taker. The faculty member communicates with the student throughout their final two years of law school to ensure they are planning and preparing for the exam. The faculty mentor then serves as a sounding board during the final weeks of bar preparation. Cleveland-Marshall faculty experts also review bar exam topics for their graduates who are preparing for the exam. Cleveland-Marshall provides a commercial bar exam preparation course to students at no cost beyond their tuition. </p>
<p>“We are so very proud of all of our bar takers and we are grateful for the dedicated Cleveland-Marshall faculty and staff who supported them through their efforts,” said Heidi Gorovitz Robertson, director of student success and Steven W. Percy Distinguished Professor of Law at C|M|LAW.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><img alt="CM|Law &amp; Trine" height="390" width="1000" class="media-element file-default" data-delta="1" typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/CMLAW_Trine_Agreement.png" title="" /><span>Cleveland State University’s Cleveland-Marshall College of Law and Trine University in Indiana have agreed to offer students the option of earning bachelor and law degrees in expedient fashion through a joint 3+3 Bachelor’s/Law Accelerated Degree Program.</span></p>
<p>Students who enroll in the joint 3+3 program will have the opportunity to complete both bachelor’s and law degrees in just six years instead of the traditional seven years required to complete four years of undergraduate studies and three years of law school. The final year of the student’s undergraduate studies at Trine will coincide with their first year at Cleveland-Marshall, allowing participants to earn their undergraduate degree from Trine after the completion of their first year of law school studies.</p>
<p>“Our law school welcomes the opportunity to offer students committed to studying the law the ability to accelerate their path to a legal degree and we look forward to educating future students through a successful partnership with Trine,” said Cleveland-Marshall Dean and Joseph C. Hostetler-BakerHostetler Chair in Law Lee Fisher.</p>
<p>The agreement with Trine represents the seventh 3+3 partnership Cleveland-Marshall has established since becoming the first Ohio law school to offer a 3+3 program in 2014.</p>
<p>For more information about enrolling in the 3+3 program, contact the Trine University admissions staff at 800.347.4878 or <a href="mailto:admit@trine.edu">admit@trine.edu</a>.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><h6><em>Noted security expert currently serves as CISO for MCPc</em></h6>
<p><img alt="Eckman" height="355" width="350" style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: right;" class="media-element file-default media-float-right" data-delta="1" typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/Eckman_headshot.jpg" title="" />Cleveland State University’s Cleveland-Marshall College of Law has appointed Robert Eckman, chief information security officer at MCPc, Inc., as a technologist-in-residence and executive director of the school’s Center for Cybersecurity and Privacy Protection.</p>
<p>“While helping companies is tremendously rewarding, nothing quite compares to impacting the trajectory of someone's life in a substantive way through teaching,” said Eckman. “Being able to teach my craft to law students has proven to be one of the most rewarding experiences in my career. Seeing them engage the curriculum and go on to work in the security industry keeps me coming back.”</p>
<p>As Chief Information Security Officer at MCPc, Eckman manages all aspects of the services and solutions the company provides customers to protect their hardware, software and data assets from cyberattack and malware. He is also an adjunct professor for Kent State University’s School of Digital Science where, in 2016, he was awarded the Outstanding Teaching Award and recognized by the Ohio State Senate for his achievements in the classroom. Prior to MCPc, Eckman led efforts to write the national cyber protocol for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.</p>
<p>“We are fortunate that Robert Eckman will be bringing his vast practical and teaching experience to direct our Center for Cybersecurity and Privacy Protection,” said C|M|LAW Dean and Joseph C. Hostetler-BakerHostetler Chair in Law Lee Fisher. “Professor Eckman recognizes the importance of educating law students in cybersecurity and will give them the technical understanding—rare in legal education--that will help them become assets to their employers.”</p>
<p>As part of his duties as executive director<em>, </em>Eckman will teach both introductory and advanced courses on cybersecurity.</p>
<p>“C|M|LAW has fused law and cyber into a comprehensive understanding of security,” explained Eckman. “So much of what we do in cybersecurity impacts the law and law students are built for understanding cybersecurity with the Socratic Method already ingrained in them. The investigative, forensic, threat hunting, and logical approaches needed in cybersecurity are a perfect fit for them.”</p>
<p>The school’s <a href="https://www.law.csuohio.edu/facultystaff/leaderinresidence">Leader-in-Residence</a> program, founded in 2017, is designed to closely connect students, staff and faculty with volunteer community leaders from whom they can learn and benefit. Eckman is the fifth leader-in-residence appointed by the school, joining <a href="https://www.law.csuohio.edu/newsevents/news/gift-cleveland-marshall-establishes-steven-w-percy-endowed-professorship">Steve Percy</a> ’76, <a href="https://www.law.csuohio.edu/newsevents/news/cmlaw-appoints-p-kelly-tompkins-leader-residence">P. Kelly Tompkins</a> ’81, legal educator-in-residence <a href="https://www.law.csuohio.edu/newsevents/news/cmlaw-appoints-howard-katz-first-legal-educator-residence">Howard Katz</a>, and scholar-in-residence Eric Tucker.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Cleveland State University will host a cyber capture the flag event as part of the Ohio Cyber Collaboration Committee’s (OC3) Cyber Range. The event will test students’ skills at defending against cyberattacks in “real-world” scenarios.</p>
<p><strong>The event will be held Wednesday, April 25 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in CSU’s Julka Hall, 2485 Euclid Ave., Cleveland.</strong></p>
<p>OC3, a collaborative effort of more than 100 public, private, military and educational organizations led by the Ohio National Guard, was initiated by Ohio Governor John Kasich to develop a stronger cybersecurity infrastructure and provide innovative training and education to strengthen Ohio’s cyber workforce. The OC3 Cyber Range is a virtual training ground accessible for competitions, training and as a testing environment for schools, governments and businesses.</p>
<p>During the daylong capture the flag event, students from Cleveland State and northeast Ohio school districts will work in teams of two to solve a series of real-world environments to test their technical skills and knowledge of cybersecurity. Teams can retrieve virtual flags when they successfully solve the challenges, and prizes will be awarded for first-, second- and third-place finishers.</p>
<p>For more information about the Ohio Cyber Collaboration Committee, visit <a href="https://test.ohioc3.org/">https://test.ohioc3.org/</a>.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><h6>$255,000 donation provided by Myra and Darwin Smith</h6>
<p>Cleveland State University’s comprehensive efforts to provide engaged learning opportunities for students outside the classroom has received a significant boost thanks to a new gift from philanthropists Myra and Darwin Smith. The $255,000 donation will support expanded study-abroad experiences in countries around the world while also enhancing CSU’s <a href="/engagement/link-program">LINK Scholars Program</a> which funds internship and cooperative education experiences for minority students.</p>
<p>“We are deeply grateful for this tremendous expression of generosity from the Smiths and for their ongoing support and belief in CSU and its students,” says Cleveland State President Ronald M. Berkman.</p>
<p>“Myra and I are committed to promoting opportunity and advancement for all and this new gift will help students expand their horizons and improve cultural understanding while also gaining the experience necessary to succeed in their chosen careers,” notes Darwin Smith. “We are proud to partner with CSU which has a proven track record for creating innovative learning environments that produce well-rounded, career-ready graduates.”</p>
<p>The gift will support five $5,000 study abroad scholarships per year for the next five years for students who participate in CSU’s international education programs. It will also support thirteen $2,000 scholarships per year for the next five years for students participating in the LINK program. LINK places individuals in paid internships in businesses and not-for-profit institutions in the Cleveland region.</p>
<p>The Smiths previously provided the founding gift to create CSU’s <a href="http://www.ahacsu.com">Arts and Humanities Alive (AHA!) Festival</a>, the only comprehensive arts and cultural celebration of its kind in the state of Ohio. They also have made a planned gift to support engineering scholarships in honor of Darwin Smith’s father, who was a CSU mechanical engineering graduate, as well as a planned gift to support the University’s Mareyjoyce Green Women’s Center in honor of Myra Smith’s mother.</p>
<p>“Through our philanthropy we have always sought to promote community development and societal understanding with the goal of making the world a better place,” adds Myra Smith. “This new gift to CSU will build on our previous work with the university and further support its mission to provide high-quality, affordable and accessible education for the benefit of the region and nation as a whole.”</p>
<p>Originally from Cleveland, the Smiths reside in Dallas, Texas and Lake Norman, NC. Together, they are deeply involved in numerous philanthropic causes and have supported a number of institutions, including the Dallas Foundation and the Judson Foundation.</p></div></div></div>Fri, 20 Apr 2018 17:37:23 +0000600104720400 at http://www.csuohio.eduFaculty Spotlight: Meghan Rubadohttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/faculty-spotlight-meghan-rubado-0
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><img alt="Meghan Rubado" height="490" width="350" style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: right;" class="media-element file-default media-float-right" data-delta="1" typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/New%20Faculty%20-%20Rubado.jpg" title="" /><span><a href="http://facultyprofile.csuohio.edu/csufacultyprofile/detail.cfm?FacultyID=m_rubado">Dr. Meghan Rubado</a> joined Cleveland State University in fall 2016 as an assistant professor in the <a href="/urban/maxine-goodman-levin-college-urban-affairs">Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs</a>.</span></p>
<p>She received her Ph.D. in political science in May 2016 from Temple University, where she focused on state and local politics in the United States, urban service provision, and environmental policy. Prior to attending graduate school, Dr. Rubado worked as a newspaper reporter in Syracuse, New York, covering city politics, county government, and the city school district.</p>
<p>Dr. Rubado’s research focuses on how local governments can provide efficient, equitable, and high-quality services to their residents. Her doctoral dissertation examined how and why local governments cooperate with one another for service provision.</p>
<p>In her current scholarship, Dr. Rubado investigates how local governments can work together to provide essential services and create shared policies, particularly under conditions of regional decline; how cities can reduce civilian killings by police; and how the decline of local news media affects the quality of city governance.</p></div></div></div>Thu, 19 Apr 2018 20:58:42 +0000600104720398 at http://www.csuohio.eduTown Hall Focuses on 21st Century Addictionshttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/town-hall-focuses-21st-century-addictions
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><span>Twenty-first century addictions are the focus of this year’s Public Sphere Pedagogy Town Hall hosted by Cleveland State University Associate Professor of Communication <a href="http://facultyprofile.csuohio.edu/csufacultyprofile/detail.cfm?FacultyID=E_HOROWITZ">Edward Horowitz</a>. </span></p>
<p><span>The event is being organized by students in Dr. Horowitz’s COM 224 class and will take place in the Student Center Ballroom from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 24. </span></p>
<p>The town hall will explore addictions such as online shopping, vaping, gambling, over-exercising, and texting while driving. University of Akron professor Dr. Amber Ferris will deliver the keynote titled "Are You Facebook Dependent?" at 11:30 a.m.</p>
<p>The town hall is part of CSU’s <a href="/engagement/public-sphere-pedagogy">Public Sphere Pedagogy</a> curriculum and sponsored by the <a href="/engagement/civic">Office of Civic Engagement</a>.</p></div></div></div>Thu, 19 Apr 2018 16:39:37 +0000600104720395 at http://www.csuohio.eduBlack Studies Program Presents "A Night with the Jazz Heritage Orchestra"http://www.csuohio.edu/news/black-studies-program-presents-night-with-jazz-heritage-orchestra
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><img alt="Jazz Heritage Orchestra" height="390" width="1000" class="media-element file-default" data-delta="1" typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/JazzHeritageOrchestra_Slider.png" title="" /><span>Cleveland State University’s <a href="/class/black-studies/black-studies">Black Studies Program</a> presents “A Night with the Jazz Heritage Orchestra” on Saturday, April 28. The free event is open to the public and will take place in the Main Classroom Auditorium from 7 to 9 p.m. </span></p>
<p>Under the artistic direction of Dennis Reynolds, the 17-piece Jazz Heritage Orchestra will perform “Hot House” by Tad Dameron, “Simone,” “Tones for Joan’s Bones” and “Back to the Apple” by Frank Foster, “Farewell” by Thad Jones, “So Many Stars” by Sergio Mendez, and “Way Out Basie” by Ernie Wilkins.</p>
<p><a href="/class/black-studies/jazz-heritage-orchestra">The Jazz Heritage Orchestra</a> is an affiliate of the Black Studies Program and composed of outstanding jazz performers who are also highly competent music educators. It is available for concerts, educational seminars, clinics, master classes and workshops throughout the United States and the world.</p></div></div></div>Thu, 19 Apr 2018 15:56:00 +0000600104720394 at http://www.csuohio.eduIntroducing the April Issue of CSU Researchhttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/introducing-april-issue-csu-research-0
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Cleveland State University’s Office of Research has released the latest edition of its online newsletter, <em>CSU Research</em>. Dr. Eric Schearer, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Dr. Chris Wirth, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, have each received NSF CAREER awards. The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is the National Science Foundation's most prestigious award in support of early-career faculty.</p>
<p>The newsletter also highlights the work of social work scholar Cathleen Lewandowski, sociologist Linda Francis and Hilary Plum, associate director of the CSU Poetry Center.</p>
<p>Read the<a href="/research/news/email/newsletter/volume5-issue4.html"> newsletter</a>. Learn more about the <a href="/research/research">Office of Research</a> at CSU.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><img alt="Skyline" height="390" width="1000" class="media-element file-default" data-delta="1" typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/SkylineSlider.png" title="" /><span>Joining 30 other colleges and universities across the United States, Cleveland State University has been selected as an inaugural member of the Higher Education Anchor Mission Initiative. The national collaborative is designed to develop and share new strategies for deploying higher education’s intellectual and place-based resources to enhance the economic and social well-being of the communities they serve.</span></p>
<p>Higher education institutions like CSU are anchor institutions: local economic engines and mission-driven organizations inextricably linked to the long-term well-being of their local communities, and uniquely positioned and incentivized to play a more active role in supporting the local economy. By intentionally implementing an anchor framework the whole university, including the business and administrative divisions, will be able to better serve its public mission. The Higher Education Anchor Mission Initiative will provide a national platform to accelerate this important work.</p>
<p>The Higher Education Anchor Mission Initiative is a joint project of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU), a national organization dedicated to connecting urban universities and their partners, and The Democracy Collaborative (TDC), a national research institute developing strategies for a more democratic economy, and is supported by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.</p>
<p>According to Ted Howard, TDC President, “colleges and universities in the US collectively employ over 4 million people, spend over $43 billion each year, and hold over half a trillion dollars in their endowments, which means their potential impact as community wealth building anchor institutions is enormous.”</p>
<p>Recognizing this potential, CUMU has worked with TDC to select leading higher education institutions from its membership to join the Initiative as inaugural members. For CUMU Executive Director Bobbie Laur, “The Initiative is invaluable to CUMU members. Whether public or private, CUMU member institutions are anchored by place and recognize an obligation to their communities to address challenges and work with partners to find creative, equitable solutions. This Initiative will guide universities across the country to expand current collaborative work and to form more strategic partnerships that benefit the economic and social well-being of their communities.”</p>
<p>CSU’s participation in the Higher Education Anchor Mission Initiative will help deepen its existing commitment to the Cleveland community, exemplified by its numerous strategic partnerships with local hospitals, companies, schools and not-for-profit institutions. It will also further enhance the university’s Engaged Learning model of education, which provides experiential learning opportunities for students outside the classroom while providing workforce and research assistance to area businesses and organizations.</p>
<p>The Higher Education Anchor Mission Initiative builds on and expands the work of The Democracy Collaborative’s “Anchor Dashboard Learning Cohort,” in which six urban universities, including CSU, collaborated in a multi-year process to pilot effective metrics for tracking anchor mission impact. The Initiative will be informed by the best practices identified and data collected through the Cohort project</p>
<p>For more information on the Higher Education Anchor Mission Initiative, visit <a href="http://www.cumuonline.org/what-we-do/anchor-mission-initiative/">http://www.cumuonline.org/what-we-do/anchor-mission-initiative/</a>.</p></div></div></div>Tue, 10 Apr 2018 19:49:09 +0000600093320360 at http://www.csuohio.eduESports, Amateurism and Talent Representationhttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/esports-amateurism-and-talent-representation
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Cleveland State University’s Cleveland-Marshall College of Law will host an Entertainment and Sports Law Symposium on Friday, April 13 at 8:30 a.m. The symposium is sponsored by C|M|LAW’s Entertainment and Sports Law Association, the Lake County Captains, and LawInSport.</p>
<p>The symposium features three roundtable panel discussions featuring industry experts from across the country. Discussion topics include the rise of ESports, branding and talent representation within the entertainment Industry, and problems with amateurism in athletics.</p>
<p>Featured panelists at the symposium include Tom Moglovkin, senior vice president of business affairs at NBC Universal, Tyler Schrodt, CEO and founder of the Electronic Gaming Federation, and Rafael Hernandez Brito, the Spanish voice of the Cleveland Cavaliers</p>
<p>Paid registration is required for the 3-hour CLE program. For more information, visit <a href="https://www.law.csuohio.edu/newsevents/events/2018041308304554">law.csuohio.edu/newsevents/events/2018041308304554</a>.</p>
<p><strong>PANEL 1: BRANDING, LICENSING, AND TALENT REPRESENTATION WITHIN TODAY &amp; ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY</strong></p>
<ul><li>Moderator: Angelin Chang, professor of music and law, CSU</li>
<li>Ken Abdo, partner, Fox Rothschild, LLP</li>
<li>Tom Moglovkin, senior vice president of business affairs, NBC Universal</li>
<li>Dan Levin, principal, PROMINENT Brand + Talent</li>
<li>Ivan Schwarz, president &amp; CEO of the Cleveland Film Commission</li>
</ul><p><strong>PANEL 2: THE RISE OF THE ESPORTS INDUSTRY</strong></p>
<ul><li>Moderator: Peter Carfagna, founder, Magis, LLC and professor of law, Harvard School of Law</li>
<li>Tyler Schrodt, CEO &amp; founder, Electronic Gaming Federation</li>
<li>Krista Hiner, attorney, ESG Law</li>
<li>Anthony Muraco, director of gaming operations, Cleveland Cavaliers</li>
<li>Chris Lloyd, ESports agent, Evolved Talent Agency</li>
</ul><p><strong>PANEL 3: AMATEURISM IS THE PROBLEM, THE HBL IS THE SOLUTION</strong></p>
<ul><li>Moderator: Rafael Hernandez Brito, the Spanish voice of the Cleveland Cavaliers</li>
<li>Ricky Volante, attorney, Buckley King, LPA and CEO, the Historical Basketball League Enterprises, Inc.</li>
<li>Mekka Okereke, engineering director, Google</li>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><h6>Graduate exercises will be held May 12-13</h6>
<p><img alt="Commencement" height="390" width="1000" class="media-element file-default" data-delta="1" typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/CommencementSlider.png" title="" /><span>Cleveland State University will celebrate the ultimate sign of student success through spring commencement exercises on May 12 and May 13. The graduation ceremonies for the University and the Cleveland Marshall College of Law will feature commencement addresses, the awarding of honorary degrees and the conferring of diplomas to CSU’s newest batch of alumni.</span></p>
<p>CSU President Ronald M. Berkman, who is retiring June 1, will give the commencement address for CSU’s morning and afternoon ceremonies on May 12 at the Wolstein Center. President Berkman will reflect on his tenure at Cleveland State and his long leadership career in higher education, while also providing advice to graduates on how they can pursue their passions and make their communities a better place. CSU will also award an honorary degree to Jo-Ann Davidson, former member of the Ohio House of Representatives who served as the first female Speaker of the House in the history of the state.</p>
<p>“Leading Cleveland State University for the past nine years has been the pinnacle of my professional career, and I am honored that as one of my last official acts as president I get to celebrate this important milestone with the dedicated and inspiring individuals who make up the 2018 graduating class,” notes Berkman.</p>
<p>The Law School ceremony, to be held May 13 at Playhouse Square’s Connor Palace Theatre, will feature commencement remarks from Carmen Twillie Ambar, president of Oberlin College. President Ambar will also receive an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree, as will C|M|LAW graduates Judge Patricia A. Blackmon ’75 and Judge Melody J. Stewart ’88, who both serve on Ohio’s Eighth District Court of Appeals.</p>
<p>"We are honored to have these three outstanding leaders in law and higher education as our commencement speaker and honorary degree recipients. They have demonstrated outstanding leadership and a commitment to service that will inspire our school's graduates as they prepare to make their marks through justice," said Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Dean Lee Fisher.</p>
<p>For more information about CSU’s commencement exercises, visit <a href="/commencement">csuohio.edu/commencement</a>.</p></div></div></div>Tue, 10 Apr 2018 14:53:47 +0000600104720356 at http://www.csuohio.eduCommemorating the Warsaw Ghetto Uprisinghttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/commemorating-warsaw-ghetto-uprising
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><h6><em>New book marks 75<sup>th</sup> anniversary</em></h6>
<p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Warsaw-Ghetto-American-Art-Culture/dp/0271078707" target="_blank"><img alt="Warsaw Ghetto Cover" height="444" width="350" style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: right;" class="media-element file-default media-float-right" data-delta="1" typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/WarsawGhettoCover.png" title="" /></a>On the eve of Passover, April 19, 1943, Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto staged a now legendary revolt against their Nazi oppressors. The deprivation and despair of life in the ghetto and the dramatic uprising and bravery of its inhabitants have captured the American cultural imagination and influenced generations of social and political activists. In her new book, <em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Warsaw-Ghetto-American-Art-Culture/dp/0271078707">The Warsaw Ghetto in American Art and Culture</a></em>, Samantha Baskind, a professor of art history at Cleveland State University, assesses how the Warsaw Ghetto and its story have intrigued Americans, Jews and non-Jews alike, and how the events of April, 1943 have been remembered in fine art, film, television, radio, theater, fiction, poetry, and comics.</p>
<p>“The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, viewed as a glimmer of bravery and hope amid crushing devastation and loss, has served as a touchstone for post-Holocaust Jewish identity. The uprising has long outlived the actual historical event in varied and often surprising ways,” notes Baskind. “My book chronicles how this moment of courage against all odds influenced art, film, and literature, alongside many other cultural pursuits. At the same time, though, the festering ghetto – aside from the uprising – serves as a crucial example of the unfathomable squalor and desperation experienced by Jews during the Holocaust, as depicted by cultural producers from 1943 to the current time.”</p>
<p>The book, published by Penn State University Press, explores over seventy years of artistic representations of the ghetto and its now mythologized resistance effort to understand why they became and have continued to influence American culture. Baskind reviews iconic works such as Leon Uris’s best-selling novel <em>Mila 18</em>, Roman Polanski’s Academy Award–winning film <em>The Pianist</em>, and Rod Serling’s teleplay <em>In the Presence of Mine Enemies</em>. She also analyses the art of Samuel Bak and Arthur Szyk, the poetry of Yala Korwin and Charles Reznikoff, and a special anniversary comic book where Superman swoops into the Warsaw Ghetto to save its trapped inhabitants. In probing these works, Baskind pursues key questions of Jewish and American identity: What links artistic representations of the ghetto to the Jewish diaspora? How is art politicized or depoliticized? Why have Americans made such a strong cultural claim on the uprising?</p>
<p>“The Warsaw Ghetto has long captured the imagination of novelists, poets, and artists,” notes Samuel Kassow, the Charles H. Northam Professor of History at Trinity College and author of <em>Who Will Write Our History</em>. “Samantha Baskind’s wide-ranging and highly original study of the uprising’s impact on American art and culture is a major contribution to our understanding of Holocaust memory”</p>
<p><a href="http://academic.csuohio.edu/baskind_s/">Baskind</a> is a noted art historian with a focus on twentieth-century American art and culture and the role of the Jewish American artist in the modern world. She is the author of six books, including <em>Jewish Artists and the Bible in Twentieth-Century America</em>, <em>Jewish Art: A Modern History</em> and <em>Encyclopedia of Jewish American Artists</em>. Prior to joining CSU she taught at the University of Miami, James Madison University and the University of Pittsburgh.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Cleveland State University will host a dynamic talk and panel discussion highlighting the 50<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the “Long Hot Summer” of 1968 which transformed American politics, while bringing to a head numerous social issues impacting American society. The event is co-sponsored by CSU’s Cleveland-Marshall College of Law and Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs as well as Thompson Hine.</p>
<p><strong>The program will be held Monday, April 9 from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Moot Court Room at the Cleveland Marshall College of Law on Campus. Preregistration is not required.</strong></p>
<p>It will feature a keynote address by author and historian James D. Robenalt. He will discuss his book, <em>Ballots and Bullets: Black Power Politics and Urban Guerrilla Warfare in 1968 Cleveland</em>, which traces Cleveland’s political and social climate in 1968, as well as the events that led the city to become ground zero for the civil rights and black power struggles and urban unrest that typified the “Long Hot Summer.” This year marks the 50<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the dramatic police shootout on July 23, 1968 in the Glenville neighborhood that left 10 dead, over 15 wounded and sparked days of heavy rioting.</p>
<p>A panel discussion following the address will include Robenalt, who is also a partner with Thompson Hine, Walter Beach, former Cleveland Browns player and an assistant to Cleveland Mayor Carl Stokes, and Imam Mutawaf Shaheed, a founding member of the Muntu Poets. Both Beach and Shaheed were eyewitnesses to the events of July 23, 1968. The panel will be moderated by Lee Fisher, Dean of the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, and will be followed by closing remarks from Roland Anglin, Dean of the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><h6><em>Eric Schearer, Chris Wirth honored for research efforts</em><img alt="Eric Schearer &amp; Chris Wirth" height="310" width="794" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &quot;Lucida Grande&quot;, &quot;Lucida Sans Unicode&quot;, &quot;Lucida Sans&quot;, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;" class="media-element file-default" data-delta="1" typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/NSFGrants.png" title="" /></h6>
<p><span>Two Cleveland State University faculty members have been selected to receive one of the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious honors. Engineering professors </span><a href="http://facultyprofile.csuohio.edu/csufacultyprofile/detail.cfm?FacultyID=e_schearer">Eric Schearer</a><span> and </span><a href="http://facultyprofile.csuohio.edu/csufacultyprofile/detail.cfm?FacultyID=c_wirth">Chris Wirth</a><span> have both been named winners of the CAREER Award, the highest recognition NSF gives to early-career faculty. The awards include a multi-year grant to be used to advance innovative research, while also providing mentoring and training to assist in developing the next generation of higher education leaders.</span></p>
<p>“The NSF CAREER program is highly competitive and only awarded to the top early-career researchers in the nation,” says Dr. Ronald M. Berkman, president of Cleveland State University. “This announcement exemplifies the excellence and dedication of our faculty, and I would like to personally congratulate Professors Schearer and Wirth for this tremendous accomplishment.”</p>
<p>“This recognition from NSF also highlights the growth and increased national prominence of CSU’s overall research enterprise,” adds Dr. Jerzy Sawicki, vice president for research at Cleveland State. “Drs. Schearer and Wirth are both conducting novel research that will have significant positive impacts for our region and society as a whole, and these awards will greatly expand their efforts.”</p>
<p>Schearer, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering, will work to develop a functional electrical stimulation (FES) system for neuroprosthetic devices. The technology will better control muscle stimulation to restore reaching movements for people with paralyzed arms due to spinal cord injuries. It will also allow a non-expert to update FES settings based on muscle development and the needs of the patient. The project will also include the creation of an empathy training program for rehabilitation engineers to improve understanding of the needs of people with paralysis and other disabilities. He will receive $550,000 for the five-year project.</p>
<p>“The continued expansion of assistive devices requires both improved technology and enhanced training for engineers,” adds Schearer. “This project will seek to meet both of these goals by developing novel FES applications to improve the usefulness of neuroprostheses, while also increasing empathy among engineers which will improve the design and ultimate use of the devices they create.”</p>
<p>Wirth, an assistant professor of chemical and biomedical engineering, will lead a project to better measure the motions and forces that arise in a concentrated suspension of nanoparticles. The research seeks to transform our understanding of how nanoparticles of complex shape or surface chemistry interact during the processing of coatings, production of complex fluids, and in synthetic and biological active colloids. He will receive $500,000 for the five-year effort.</p>
<p>“The continued advancement of the coatings and advanced materials industries requires better measurement of these novel nanoparticles and better understanding of how they interact and impact microstructure formation,” Wirth says. “This research will utilize innovative imaging technology to provide more accurate analysis and ultimately lead to the development of more efficient production techniques.”</p>
<p>“Eric and Chris are tremendous researchers, engineers and educators,” notes Dr. Anette Karlsson, dean of the Washkewicz College of Engineering at CSU. “Eric’s work will be essential to improving the quality of assistive devices for individuals with paralysis and other disabilities, while Chris’ efforts will enhance applications for nanotechnology which will be essential to advances in numerous fields from manufacturing to energy to medicine.”</p>
<p>The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program was created by the National Science Foundation in 1994. It honors individuals who are working on cutting–edge scholarship with significant societal impact who also have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education in their institutions and nationally. For more information about the program, visit <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503214">https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503214</a>.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Cleveland State University’s Cleveland-Marshall College of Law will host an all-day symposium, Blockchain Law &amp; Technology, on Friday, April 6. The symposium, which will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at C|M|LAW, 1801 Euclid Ave., is presented by the Cleveland State Law Review in partnership with the IoT Collaborative, C|M|LAW's Center for Cybersecurity and Privacy Protection and BakerHostetler.</p>
<p>The symposium features national legal, regulatory, business and technology experts who will explore the rapidly evolving hype and reality of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies such as BitCoin, as well as how policies and laws can be reformed to meet the challenges created by this new industry.</p>
<p>It will feature a keynote address from Haimera Workie, senior director of the Office of Emerging Regulatory Issues at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, which focuses on analyzing new and emerging risks and trends related to the securities market. Previously, Workie served as deputy associate director in the Division of Trading and Markets at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and as counsel to SEC Chair Mary Schapiro.</p>
<p>Paid registration is required for the 7.25-hour program. For more information, visit <a href="https://www.law.csuohio.edu/newsevents/events/2018040608004555">law.csuohio.edu/newsevents/events/2018040608004555</a>.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><img alt="Origin of Whales" height="525" width="350" style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: right;" class="media-element file-default media-float-right" data-delta="1" typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/Research%20Seminar.jpg" title="" />New evolutionary discoveries in the origin of whales will be the topic of the next edition of CSU’s Multidisciplinary Research Seminar Series, <strong>April 6</strong>.</p>
<p>The talk, sponsored by the Office of Research, will feature Dr. J. G. M. “Hans” Thewissen, the Ingalls-Brown Professor of Anatomy and Embryology at the Northeast Ohio Medical University.</p>
<p>Thewissen will discuss the remarkable recent discovery of fossil evidence that documents the evolution of whales from land mammals to aquatic mammals, and the synergistic roles played by researchers in geochemistry and sensory biology in making the discovery.</p>
<p><strong>The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held from 12 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. in Parker Hannifin Hall, Rm. 104.</strong></p>
<p>The Office of Research created the CSU Multidisciplinary Research Seminar Series to promote multidisciplinary and collaborative risk taking to solve the broad challenges in our increasingly complex world. To learn more, visit <a href="/research/multidisciplinary-research-seminar-series">www.csuohio.edu/research/multidisciplinary-research-seminar-series</a>.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><h6><em>Levin College hosts community forum, April 10</em></h6>
<p>Cleveland State University’s Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs will host a national panel of experts to discuss how we can make cities smarter and more responsive to the citizens they serve. The community forum will highlight the use of data, technology, the growing Internet of Things and innovative public policies to digitally transform the urban ecosystem and improve environmental, financial, economic, and social outcomes.</p>
<p><strong>It will be held Tuesday, April 10 from 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. in the Levin College’s Roberta Steinbacher Atrium, 1717 Euclid Avenue in Cleveland. The event is free and open to the public but <a href="/urban/forum/forum-event-registration-041018-smart-city-cleveland-forum">registration</a> is required. </strong></p>
<p>The event will feature leading local and national figures in technology development and urban policy. Panelists will include:</p>
<ul><li>Dorothy Baunach, interim chief executive, DigitalC</li>
<li>Ronn Richard, chief executive officer, Cleveland Foundation</li>
<li>Nigamanth Sridhar, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, CSU</li>
<li>Ruthbea Yesner, vice president for smart cities and government insights, International Data Corp.</li>
<li>Mark Zannoni, research director for smart cities &amp; transportation, International Data Corp.</li>
<li>Nicholas C. Zingale, associate professor of public administration, CSU</li>
</ul><p>For more information on the event or to learn about upcoming community forums sponsored by the Levin College, visit <a href="/urban/forum/levin-college-forum-041018-smart-city-cleveland-forum">http://www.csuohio.edu/urban/forum/levin-college-forum-041018-smart-city-cleveland-forum</a>.</p></div></div></div>Mon, 02 Apr 2018 12:56:28 +0000600093320338 at http://www.csuohio.eduInvisible No Morehttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/invisible-no-more
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><h6><em>C|M|LAW hosts women’s rights advocate Andrea J. Ritchie</em></h6>
<p><img alt="Andrea J. Ritchie" height="525" width="350" style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: right;" class="media-element file-default media-float-right" data-delta="1" typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/headshot_andrea_j_ritchie-683x1024.jpg" title="" />Cleveland State University’s Cleveland-Marshall College of Law will host Andrea J. Ritchie, researcher-in-residence on race, gender, sexuality and criminalization at Barnard College’s Center for Research on Women, Tuesday, April 3 at 5 p.m. Ritchie will speak on her 2017 book, <em>Invisible No More: Remedies and Resistance to Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color</em>. The event will be held in the Moot Court Room in the Cleveland Marshal College of Law, 1801 Euclid Avenue.</p>
<p>Ritchie is a police misconduct attorney and organizer who has engaged in extensive research, writing, and advocacy around criminalization of women and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people of color over the past two decades. She is considered an expert on policing issues and has testified before the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing, the White House Council on Women and Girls, the Prison Rape Elimination Commission, and several United Nations Treaty Bodies. Ritchie has appeared regularly in the <em>New York Times</em>, as well as on MSNBC, C-Span, NBC Nightly News, NPR, Al-Jazeera, and <em>Mother Jones</em>. </p>
<p>The one-hour program, co-sponsored by the Cleveland-Marshall Women's Committee, is free and open to the public. Preregistration is not required.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><span>Cleveland State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance, a Resident Company of Playhouse Square, presents Peter Weiss’ </span><strong><em>The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade</em> (or <em>Marat/Sade</em>)</strong><span>, April 5-15, 2018, on the Outcalt Theatre stage at Playhouse Square.</span></p>
<p>Shows run Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are available by calling 216.241.6000, visiting playhousesquare.org, or at the State Theatre Ticket Office, located at 1519 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115. Tickets are also available 60 minutes prior to performances at the Allen Theatre Complex. A $25 Dinner and a Show package is available for Fridays April 6 and 13 with the pre-reservation code ‘DIN.’</p>
<p><strong>The Story</strong></p>
<p>Directed by Allan Byrne, the final theatre production of the CSU Theatre season is a groundbreaking “play-within-a-play” that uses every element of theatre, including song, dance, mime, and puppets, and places the audience inside the Charenton Mental Asylum after the French Revolution. In this asylum, the Marquis de Sade (played by Associate Professor of Theatre Dr. Michael Mauldin) directs the inmates in his play about the assassination of the revolutionary leader Jean Paul Marat, opening up the exploration of political change, the use of violence to bring about that change, and the nature of life and death.</p>
<p>“The play is as immediate today, with our political and social upheaval, as it was nearly 50 years ago -- it is timeless. It is a play dense with experiences, it is total theatre, engaging our senses and our intellect, funny, terrifying, sexual, savage, and exhilarating. It uses every dramatic device imaginable to create a stunning event,” says Byrne.</p>
<p>The CSU cast features Cheyenne Bizon, Anthony Brown, Raven Bryant, Rebekah Ferro, Jordan Ficyk, Jacob Gaspar, Benjamin Gillooly, Casie Griffis, David Holmberg, Frank Ivancic, Alyssa Jacobs, Christina Katsaras, Kaitlyn Levigne, Steven Livingston, Matthew Logan, Evan Martin, Dr. Michael Mauldin, Timothy Parks, Sullivan Ratcliff, Mia Snyder, Lauren Stepanski, Suzanna Szabados, Cody Thomas, Daniel Weddell, and Eric Wloszek.</p>
<p> </p></div></div></div>Mon, 26 Mar 2018 15:17:52 +0000259439220320 at http://www.csuohio.eduTerry Fergus Creates Endowed Chairhttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/terry-fergus-creates-endowed-chair
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><h6>$1 million gift supports accounting research &amp; education</h6>
<p><img alt="Terry and Marry Fergus" height="390" width="1000" class="media-element file-default" data-delta="1" typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/TerryFergusSlider.png" title="" /><span>Terry Fergus, a prominent financial executive and community leader, has created an endowed chair in accounting in Cleveland State University’s Monte Ahuja College of Business. The effort seeks to enhance Cleveland State’s leadership in business education, scholarship and engagement while promoting innovative training and research in accounting and financial economics.</span></p>
<p>The Fergus Family Endowed Chair in Accounting is made possible by a $1 million gift to the University. The College of Business plans to appoint a highly qualified faculty member to hold the inaugural chair and will make an announcement on the selection criteria and recipient at a later time.</p>
<p>“Accounting is an extraordinarily important component of finance and business administration and plays a central role in the overall success of a business,” Fergus says. “Through this professorship I hope to enhance education and scholarship in the field while giving back to an institution that was so important in my own career success.”</p>
<p>“Through this generous gift, the Ahuja College of Business can continue to enhance its reputation as a leader in innovative, career-focused education that will help prepare our next generation of business leaders,” adds Sanjay Putrevu, Dean of the College of Business at CSU.</p>
<p>Fergus earned his bachelors of science in accounting from CSU in 1982 and spent over a decade as a partner at KPMG where he headed the Personal Financial Planning practice for Northeast Ohio. He currently serves as president of FSM Capital Management LLC. Fergus also serves as a community member of CSU’s Board of Trustees and on the CSU Foundation Board of Directors.</p></div></div></div>Wed, 21 Mar 2018 12:53:29 +0000600104720310 at http://www.csuohio.eduCSU Graduate Programs Among Nation’s Besthttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/csu-graduate-programs-among-nations-best
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><h6>Urban policy degree ranked 4th in the U.S.</h6>
<p><img alt="Grad Student" height="390" width="1000" class="media-element file-default" data-delta="1" typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/Gradslider.png" title="" /><span>The latest rankings from U.S. News &amp; World Report highlight the continued elevation of Cleveland State University as a nationally recognized urban, public research university, while also showcasing the innovative educational programming being developed all over campus. The 2019 edition of the US News Best Graduate Schools guide features over a dozen CSU programs in a wide variety of disciplines from law and public affairs to physical therapy and nursing.</span></p>
<p>Among the highlights, CSU’s master’s degree program in urban policy, offered by the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, was ranked fourth in the nation, one of the highest rankings received by any university in the state of Ohio. The College’s graduate degree in local government management was also ranked 13th, while the Levin College was tied for 59th overall among U.S. graduate schools of public affairs.</p>
<p>“The Levin College is extremely honored to once again be recognized by U.S. News and World Report as one of the best public affairs colleges in the nation,” says Dean Roland Anglin. “This recognition further illustrates the tremendous efforts of our faculty and staff to create a valuable, real-world learning environment for our students, while also providing significant research support and expertise to the communities we serve.”</p>
<p>In addition, CSU’s Cleveland-Marshall College of Law rose 14 places marking the fourth highest increase among the nation’s 194 full time ABA accredited law schools. C|M|LAW ranked 113th overall and fourth in the state of Ohio. The school’s longstanding part-time law program ranked first in the state, tied with the University of Toledo College of Law.</p>
<p>“While the rankings don’t tell the whole story, they measure factors that affirm C|M|LAW’s innovative curricular changes and student-centered initiatives are leading us in the right direction,” said Lee Fisher, dean and Joseph C. Hostetler-BakerHostetler Chair in Law.</p>
<p>Multiple graduate programs in CSU’s College of Sciences and Health Professions were also featured in the graduate rankings. These include occupational therapy, ranked 58th nationally, as well as the physician’s assistant program, physical therapy and speech language pathology. In addition, the College of Education and Human Services, the School of Nursing and the School of Social Work were all listed among the best graduate schools in their respective fields.</p>
<p>To view the entire list of rankings, visit <a href="http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools">http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools</a>.</p></div></div></div>Tue, 20 Mar 2018 15:14:15 +0000600104720305 at http://www.csuohio.eduBringing New Ideas to Lighthttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/bringing-new-ideas-light
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><h6><em>CSU hosts 3<sup>rd</sup> annual IdeaVikes competition</em></h6>
<p><img alt="Idea Vikes" height="390" width="1000" class="media-element file-default" data-delta="1" typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/IdeaVikesSlider.png" title="" /><span>Cleveland State University will host its third annual IdeaVikes competition March 29. The campus-wide idea competition for undergraduate students invites participants to pitch a business, product, app or other idea for a chance to win seed funding and represent CSU at the regional ideaLabs competition, hosted by the Entrepreneurship Education Consortium on April 5th.</span></p>
<p>Students can register as individuals or in teams of up to 5 students. The idea or concept must be new and must have been developed during the 2017-2018 academic year.<strong> Students should register their idea <a href="https://immersionweek.wufoo.com/forms/kd19m260u0b6pu/">online</a> by 5:00 PM on Wednesday, March 28, 2018 and will have the opportunity to pitch to a team of judges on Thursday, March 29, 2018 from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM in the Monte Ahuja College of Business, Room 308.</strong></p>
<p>Each entrant/team will have a designated amount of time to pitch their idea followed by a question and answer session from the panel of judges. The winner will then go on to represent CSU at ideaLabs 2018 which will be held from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM in the Bonda Board Room (UR 254) within the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs on the CSU campus.</p>
<p>Learn more <a href="/business/entrepreneurship/ideavikes-2018">here</a>.</p>
<p>The EEC was formed by seven entrepreneurship directors from seven Northeast Ohio Universities to collaborate on a regional effort to pool their resources and expertise. The purpose of the EEC is to provide practical “experiential” and theoretical education to students in Northeast Ohio to prepare them to become entrepreneurs or intrapreneurs; create new ventures and jobs and build wealth for the region. The EEC was founded to promote both the concept and the reality of entrepreneurship among college students of all disciplines. Beyond imparting the necessary classroom fundamentals, it encourages student exploration of new business concepts.</p>
<p>Where feasible, the EEC will facilitate fully developed business planning up to the interface for project funding which leads to actual startup of new enterprises. The Consortium was initiated with a grant from the Burton Morgan Foundation. Member organizations include: Ashland University, Baldwin Wallace University, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland State University, Hiram College, John Carroll University, Kent State University, Lake Erie College, Lorain County Community College, University of Akron and University of Mount Union.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><h6>Featuring Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Maureen Dowd, Derek Hough</h6>
<p><iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="447" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eLGlLil9Hzw?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0" width="794"></iframe></p>
<p>Cleveland State University and Playhouse Square will celebrate the worlds of books, theater, music, art, dance and ideas in downtown Cleveland on June 7, 8, and 9 at the second annual Arts and Humanities Alive! (AHA!) Festival. Visitors can have their own AHA! moments during the multidisciplinary Fest which features a free all-day book fair, bestselling authors, two hit stage productions and internationally known artists. <strong><a href="http://www.ahacsu.com/" target="_blank">Tickets are on sale now!</a> </strong>AHA! is made possible thanks to a generous gift from former Clevelanders Myra and Darwin Smith.</p>
<p>The daylong Book Festival in the KeyBank State Theatre lobby kicks off the festivities Thursday, June 7. It will feature music and spoken word performers, book signings and tents by local and national publishers and community organizations. Free parking will be available all day for the event.</p>
<p>AHA! headliners will include NBA Hall of Famer <strong>Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</strong>, who will discuss his latest book <em>Becoming Kareem</em> in a presentation at the Key Bank State Theater that is presented in partnership with the Cuyahoga County Public Library. Former <em>Dancing with the Stars</em> champion <strong>Derek Hough </strong>will present two community dance workshops to individuals of all ages and skill levels and actor and activist <strong>Hill Harper</strong> headlines CSU’s Arts Education Day Luncheon with an inspiring story of how the arts made him who he is.</p>
<p>“The first AHA! Festival was a tremendous success with over 3,000 attendees celebrating the best of the arts and humanities,” says CSU President Robert M. Berkman. “The second annual edition promises to be even better with an incredible selection of speakers and performers who will entertain and inspire audiences of all ages.”</p>
<p>The fest will also feature talks by Pulitzer Prize-winning, <em>New York Times</em> columnist <strong>Maureen Dowd</strong>, former <em>New Yorker </em>cartoon editor <strong>Robert Mankoff</strong>, astrophysicist, novelist and PBS personality<strong> Janna Levin</strong> and bestselling author <strong>Fredrik Backman</strong> (<em>A Man Called Ove</em>). <strong>Al Letson</strong>, host of the NPR show <em>Reveal</em>, will also appear in <strong>Reveal Live: The Center Will Not Hold</strong> in partnership with ideastream. A staged reading of the hit play <strong><em>Love Letters </em></strong>will be presented by married couple <strong>U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown</strong> and Pulitzer Prize winner <strong>Connie Schultz</strong>, while a young adult production of Raymond Bradbury’s <em><strong>Fahrenheit 451 </strong></em>will make audiences consider the true power of books. The Fest’s musical presentations will include a performance by <strong>ChamberFest Cleveland </strong>and a multi-night production of <strong><em>Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin</em></strong>, in collaboration with Cleveland Playhouse.</p>
<p>Former National Endowment for the Arts Chair <strong>John Frohnmayer</strong> is the Festival's curator, acting as host and discussion leader, while Cleveland State University President <strong>Ronald M. Berkman</strong> and <strong>Tricia Berkman</strong> are co-honorary chairs.</p>
<p><strong>For additional information or to purchase tickets visit the <a href="http://www.ahacsu.com/">AHA! Website</a>.</strong></p></div></div></div>Mon, 19 Mar 2018 14:28:52 +0000600104720297 at http://www.csuohio.eduImmigrants Play Vital Role in Ohio Communitieshttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/immigrants-play-vital-role-in-ohio-communities
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><h6><em>Enhanced resources will help immigrants &amp; state succeed</em></h6>
<p><img alt="Richie Piiparinen" height="229" width="350" style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: right;" class="media-element file-default media-float-right" data-delta="1" typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/richey-piiparinen-88ce7debf0cfedb9.png" title="" />Cleveland State University, in partnership with a group of philanthropy organizations, has released a new report, <em><a href="http://levin.urban.csuohio.edu/cpd/reports_blogs.html#key_report">Our Pathway to a Brighter Future: Ohio’s New Americans</a>,</em> which highlights the crucial role immigrants play in Ohio’s economy. It also argues that further investments in services for immigrants would expand positive outcomes.</p>
<p>“Immigrants and their children represent the majority of projected labor-force growth in the United States over the next four decades,” said Richey Piiparinen, director of the Center for Population Dynamics in CSU’s Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs and the report’s author. “By making investments in supportive services here in Ohio, particularly for our newest immigrants, we can expedite their ability to positively contribute to Ohio’s economy.”</p>
<p>Many of Ohio’s immigrants have achieved conventional markers of success, including rates of educational attainment 15.4 percentage points higher than native-born Ohioans (42.1 percent of Ohio’s immigrants hold a four-year degree or higher compared to 26.7 percent of native-born Ohioans.) However, immigrants have higher poverty rates than the native-born population (18.7 percent to 14.4 percent.) This reality is a function of the time it takes to acclimate to a new country and its customs, and can be lessened with improved access to three types of services:</p>
<ul><li>Adult English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) services and Spanish GED services throughout the state.</li>
<li>Legal services that are affordable and available regardless of legal status.</li>
<li>A full-range of healthcare services that are available regardless of legal status and that address physical, mental, and oral health.</li>
</ul><p>The report also found that Ohio’s immigrants have higher rates of family formation than native-born Ohio households, with 62.2 percent of immigrant households comprised of married couples with children compared to 56.4 percent of native-born. In addition, while Ohio’s population growth is almost stagnant, growing at only 0.15 percent since 1998, immigrants help to stabilize Ohio’s population and are a source of growth. Still, only 4.4 percent of Ohio’s population is composed of immigrants compared to 13.6 percent of the U.S. population. This is the largest divide between Ohio and the nation in modern history, and ranks Ohio in the bottom five nationally.</p>
<p>“Ohio’s immigrants drive cultural, economic, and social dynamism,” Piiparinen said. “By improving language, legal, and healthcare services, we can help immigrants contribute to Ohio’s economy and our communities more quickly. We must begin to imagine immigrant support services as a launch pad, not a safety net.”</p>
<p><strong>About the report</strong></p>
<p><em>Our Pathway to a Brighter Future: Ohio’s New Americans </em>is the result of a collaboration of funders coordinated through <a href="https://www.philanthropyohio.org/">Philanthropy Ohio</a>. It was funded through the generous support of <a href="https://gundfoundation.org/">The George Gund Foundation</a>, <a href="http://www.healthpathohio.org/">The HealthPath Foundation of Ohio</a>, <a href="http://www.needmorfund.org/">Needmor Fund</a>, <a href="http://www.olaf.org">Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation</a>, <a href="https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/">Open Society Foundations</a> and <a href="http://www.scministryfdn.org/">SC Ministry Foundation</a>.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><h6><em>Forum features IEDC President Jeff Finkle</em></h6>
<p>The current environment for local, national and international economic development will be the topic of the next Levin College Forum hosted by Cleveland State University. The event will feature a keynote address from Jeff Finkle, president and CEO of the International Economic Development Council and a panel discussion by recognized experts in the field. The program will seek to assess the current workforce and inclusion challenges facing nations, development organizations and businesses as well as the opportunities for future growth and investment.</p>
<p>“There are many aspects of modern global politics, culture and business that make economic development at all levels more challenging than ever,” notes Roland Anglin, dean of the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs at CSU. “However, there are also many opportunities to think outside the box and develop innovations that can help countries, organizations and businesses rise above these issues to create real economic growth for the benefit of all.”</p>
<p><strong>The event will be held from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Wednesday, March 21 in the Roberta Steinbacher Atrium, in the Levin College on the CSU campus. It is free and open to the public.</strong></p>
<p>The panel discussion will feature Sasa Drezgic, associate professor of economics at the University of Rijeka, Croatia; Deborah Hoover, president &amp; CEO of the Burton D. Morgan Foundation; Shilpa Kedar, program director for economic and workforce development for the Cleveland Foundation and Matt Waldo, senior manager of research and analysis at JobsOhio. It will be moderated by Iryna Lendel, research associate professor and director of the Center for Economic Development at the Levin College.</p>
<p>Jeff Finkle is a recognized leader and international authority on economic development and has been president of the IEDC since 2001. He previously served as president of the Council for Urban Economic Development from 1986 to 2001 and as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development during the Reagan Administration.</p>
<p>The event is sponsored by the Unger Family Foundation through the Unger Program at the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs. For more information or to register, visit <a href="/urban/forum/levin-college-forum-032118-the-changing-landscape-of-the-economic-development-field">http://www.csuohio.edu/urban/forum/levin-college-forum-032118-the-changing-landscape-of-the-economic-development-field</a>.</p>
<p class="rtecenter">###</p></div></div></div>Thu, 15 Mar 2018 18:40:11 +0000600093320293 at http://www.csuohio.eduIntroducing the March Issue of CSU Researchhttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/introducing-march-issue-csu-research-0
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Cleveland State University’s Office of Research has released the latest edition of its online newsletter, <em>CSU Research</em>. Engineer Jason Halloran is working with the Cleveland Clinic to improve understanding of knee mechanics through a grant from the National Institutes of Health. In addition, music professor and composer Andrew Rindfleisch’s new work, <em>Three Lyric Songs</em> for solo clarinet and wind ensemble, will be performed by the Cleveland Winds during their concert on April 22.</p>
<p>The newsletter also highlights the scholarship of biologist Aaron Severson, mathematician Daniel Munther and chemical engineer Sasidhar Gumma.</p>
<p>Read the<a href="/research/news/email/newsletter/volume5-issue3.html"> newsletter</a>. Learn more about the <a href="/research/research">Office of Research</a> at CSU.</p></div></div></div>Thu, 15 Mar 2018 14:05:18 +0000600093320286 at http://www.csuohio.eduThe Beauty and Influence of Terminal Towerhttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/beauty-and-influence-terminal-tower
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><h6><em>Galleries at CSU pays tribute to Cleveland icon</em></h6>
<p><img alt="Terminal Tower" height="390" width="1000" class="media-element file-default" data-delta="1" typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/TerminalTower_Slider.png" title="" /><span>Terminal Tower, the 52-story, landmark skyscraper located on Public Square in downtown Cleveland, has dominated the city skyline since it opened in 1930 and is arguably the community’s most recognized icon. The power, beauty and importance of the tower to Cleveland’s identity, history and economy is the subject of a new exhibit hosted by the Galleries at Cleveland State University.</span></p>
<p><em>Cleveland’s Endearing Symbol: 52 Stories of the Terminal Tower</em>, includes photography, artwork, tchotchkes, video and other cultural objects which highlight the innovativeness and importance of the facility when it opened during the height of the Great Depression and chronicle its transformation from a simple building into a symbol of what it means to be a “Clevelander.” Features include photographs of the Terminal Tower by Margaret Bourke White (provided by the Cleveland Museum of Art) and Jennie Jones (from CSU Special Collections,) Buckeye the Peregrine Falcon (on loan from the Cleveland Museum of Natural History,) a wooden model of the Tower (provided by Shaker Historical Society) and a Public Television interview on the Tower’s enduring legacy with longtime CSU art professor Walter Leedy.</p>
<p>“Art helps show us where we have been and where we are going,” notes Bill Barrow, head of special collections at CSU’s Michael Schwartz Library and curator of the exhibit. “Through this exhibition we hope to highlight one of the most important historical icons of our city, look back on our past and look forward to our future.”</p>
<p>The show is designed by Donna Stewart, who is also with the Michael Schwartz Library, and it runs through April 21st. The Galleries at CSU is located at 1307 Euclid Avenue and is open, admission free, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. For more information about the show and additional exhibitions being staged at the Galleries, visit <a href="/class/art-gallery/art-gallery">https://www.csuohio.edu/class/art-gallery/art-gallery</a>.</p>
<p class="rtecenter">###</p></div></div></div>Tue, 13 Mar 2018 18:18:52 +0000600093320278 at http://www.csuohio.eduAdvancing Public & Nonprofit Managementhttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/advancing-public-nonprofit-management
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><h6><em>CSU creates new engaged learning center</em></h6>
<p><img alt="Rob Ziol" height="490" width="350" style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: right;" class="media-element file-default media-float-right" data-delta="1" typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/img-432.jpg" title="" />Cleveland State University’s Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs has created a new center to coordinate education, research and experiential learning in the fields of nonprofit management and governmental leadership. <a href="/urban/cpnm/center-for-public-and-nonprofit-management">The Center for Public and Nonprofit Management</a> will combine multiple programs currently being conducted by the College into a central entity that can manage public and nonprofit management scholarship, education and internship initiatives, coordinate efforts with other research centers and colleges on campus and expand community partnership opportunities in Northeast Ohio.</p>
<p>“Levin College is nationally recognized for academic rigor and leadership development in public administration, city management and nonprofit leadership,” says Dean Roland Anglin. “This new center will allow us to strengthen our numerous initiatives in these areas and better connect them to students, academic programs and the needs of our community.”</p>
<p>The new center will incorporate Levin’s Leadership Academy, as well as a host of other professional development programs for public sector employees, including the Public Management Academy, which offers a management development certificate program for public managers. The Center will also include a robust internship program and a mentoring program that matches undergraduate and graduate students with executive level public sector leaders based on students’ career aspirations.</p>
<p>The center will be directed by Rob Ziol, a Levin College alum, who previously managed the College’s internship and mentoring programs. Ziol has been working closely with local government and nonprofit organizations to establish partnership agreements that create engaged learning opportunities for the College and expand educational and research resources for Northeast Ohio.</p>
<p>“Engaged learning and community connectivity are at the core of CSU’s mission and I am honored to play a larger role in developing and nurturing these important goals through this new center,” Ziol adds.</p>
<p>The Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs was established at Cleveland State University in 1977 and is dedicated to enhancing urban policy and public management through research, education and active engagement in improving and creating opportunities for the citizens of the Greater Cleveland region and the state of Ohio. The College is consistently ranked as one of the top public affairs colleges in the nation by <em>U.S. News and World Report </em>and its graduates serve in leadership positions in government agencies, nonprofit institutions and community service organizations locally, nationally and internationally.</p>
<p class="rtecenter">###</p></div></div></div>Mon, 12 Mar 2018 18:55:59 +0000600093320260 at http://www.csuohio.eduMike Rogers Keynotes Cybersecurity Conferencehttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/mike-rogers-keynotes-cybersecurity-conference
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><h6><em>Former Congressman discusses future of cyber policy</em></h6>
<p>Former Congressman Mike Rogers, who served as chair of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence will open Cleveland State University’s third annual Center for Cybersecurity and Privacy Protection Conference on Thursday, March 22.</p>
<p>In addition, the Conference, sponsored by CSU’s Cleveland Marshall College of Law, will cohost Attorney General Mike DeWine's CyberOhio Business Summit to be presented March 23. DeWine, along with Symantec Chief Cybersecurity Strategist Renault Ross, will serve as keynote speakers for the Summit. </p>
<p>As chair of the Intelligence Committee, Congressman Rogers authorized and oversaw a budget of $70 billion that provided funding to the nation’s 17 intelligence agencies. Rogers was a prominent leader on cybersecurity in the United States Congress, shepherding multiple cybersecurity bills through the House. Rogers is a highly sought-after national expert on cyber policy and currently serves as a CNN national security commentator.</p>
<p>Over 60 national and state regulators and cybersecurity experts in technology, business, law and government are scheduled to speak at the Conference. Talks and workshops will discuss cutting-edge topics ranging from recent regulatory developments to emerging technologies like the Internet of Things and blockchain to new models for enterprise security.</p>
<p>Both days of the Conference are open to the public and paid admission includes materials, continental breakfast, lunch and 7.5 hours continuing legal education (CLE) credit each day. Free admission is available to the CyberOhio Business Summit, without CLE credit. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.law.csuohio.edu/cybersecurityconference2018">www.law.csuohio.edu/cybersecurityconference2018</a>.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><span>Dr. Nishani Frazier, author of </span><em>Harambee City: The Congress of Racial Equality in Cleveland and the Rise of Black Power Populism</em><span>, will deliver a lecture on her book from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 8, in Room MC 136 of Cleveland State University’s Main Classroom Building, 1899 East 22nd Street, Cleveland.</span></p>
<p>Dr. Frazier is an associate professor of history at Miami University, where her research interests include 1960s freedom movements, oral history, digital humanities and black economic development. She previously served as associate curator of African-American history at the Western Reserve Historical Society, assistant to the director of the Martin Luther King Jr. Archives at the Martin Luther King Center for Nonviolent Social Change and personal assistant to Dr. John Hope Franklin, before and during his tenure as chair of President Bill Clinton’s advisory board on “One America.”</p>
<p>In <em>Harambee City</em>, Dr. Frazier chronicles the rise and fall of black power within the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) by exploring the powerful influence of the Cleveland CORE chapter. She explores the ways that black Clevelanders began to espouse black power ideals, including black institution building, self-help and self-defense.</p>
<p>Presented by CSU’s Black Studies Program, Dr. Frazier’s appearance is part of the Ralph Pruitt Lecture, Arts and Media Series and Women’s History Month. </p></div></div></div>Tue, 06 Mar 2018 19:14:05 +0000259439220223 at http://www.csuohio.eduRally Around the Vikings as They Compete for the Horizon League Championshiphttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/rally-around-vikings-they-compete-for-horizon-league-championship
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><img alt="Basketball" height="391" width="1000" class="media-element file-default" data-delta="1" typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/Team_OAK1Jump.png" title="" /></p>
<p>The Cleveland State University men's basketball team has advanced to the Horizon League Championship game - and here's your chance to support the Vikings at Little Caesars Arena Tuesday night!</p>
<p><strong>CSU is chartering five buses to take Viking hoops fans to Detroit to watch the eighth-seeded Vikings take on second-seeded Wright State in the championship game at 7 pm. The trip is all expenses paid, including game tickets. Buses will arrive at the Wolstein Center at 2 and leave at 3 pm. Available seats will be on a first-come, first-serve basis. CSU fans are encouraged to wear green and white.</strong></p>
<p>The Vikings advanced to their first championship game since 2009 after deafeating the Oakland Golden Grizzlies, 44-43, on Monday night. A win would be the first time a team seeded lower than sixth would win the title. Don't miss your chance to watch the action live in the Motor City. Go Vikes!</p></div></div></div>Tue, 06 Mar 2018 03:28:07 +0000600104720222 at http://www.csuohio.eduMore Paid Sick Leave Enhances Preventive Carehttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/more-paid-sick-leave-enhances-preventive-care
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><h6><em>Increases likelihood of getting flu shot, mammogram</em></h6>
<p>How much is enough? That is what researchers from Cleveland State University and Florida Atlantic University wanted to find out in the first study to measure the link between an employee’s number of paid sick leave days and the use of vital preventive health care services like getting a flu shot.</p>
<p>By measuring specific preventive health care services among American workers age 49 to 57, the researchers have figured out the optimal range of paid sick leave days that will make a difference in how these workers take care of themselves. They have found that it takes at least 10 or more paid sick leave days to significantly increase the odds that American workers get a flu shot, check their cholesterol, check their blood pressure, and get a fasting blood sugar test to check for diabetes. For female workers, they need at least six to nine paid sick leave days to see significantly increased odds of getting a mammogram.</p>
<p>“How Many Sick Days Are Enough” published in the <em>Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine</em>, provides compelling evidence that workers in the United States with paid sick leave are significantly more likely to engage in preventive health care behaviors than those without paid sick leave. Findings also reveal a disconnect between the number of days typically offered to workers in the U.S. and the number of days where the researchers observed changes in preventive health care use.</p>
<p>“It took 10 or more days — more days than are mandated in any of the local U.S. paid sick leave laws – for us to see statistically significant increases in the likelihood of reporting having received a flu vaccination, mammography, and screenings for blood sugar and blood pressure,” says LeaAnne DeRigne, lead author and associate professor of social work at FAU. “For policy makers who want to increase preventive health care services use in this age group, a longer and more generous paid sick leave plan of at least 10 days should be considered.”</p>
<p>“Preventive care is intended to catch medical conditions before they progress as well as preventing the spread of contagious diseases like influenza, which has reached epidemic proportions this year,” adds Patricia Stoddard-Dare, co-author of the study and associate professor of social work at CSU. “Despite having access, Americans only get half of the recommended requirements for preventive health care services. There are many factors that contribute to this dilemma, including adequate paid sick leave days.” </p>
<p>For the study, the researchers classified sick leave days into four categories: high level, 10 or more days; moderate level, six to nine days; low level, three to five days; and very low to no, zero to two days.</p>
<p>Overall, researchers found a 26 to 85 percent increase in preventive health care use among those with at least 10 or more paid sick leave days compared to those with zero to two paid sick leave days. For the female-focused preventive services, they showed a 55 percent increase in the use of preventive mammography. </p>
<p>Working adults with 10 or more paid sick leave days had a 33 percent increase in getting a flu shot, a 28 percent increase in screening their blood sugar, and a 69 percent increase in checking their blood pressure as compared to those with zero to two paid sick leave days. Employees with 10 or more days of paid sick leave also had a 34 percent increase in cholesterol screening.</p>
<p>The researchers used an analytic sample of 3,235 working adults age 49 to 57 in 2014 from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Almost all of the sample (93.5 percent) reported having health care insurance or a health care plan. The median number of paid sick leave days was seven with nearly 27 percent of the sample reporting having no paid leave sick days. Only 10 percent of the sample had 20 or more paid sick leave days. Almost 26 percent fell into the zero to very low category while 43 percent fell into the high category of 10 or more paid sick leave days. </p>
<p>Unlike most industrialized countries, in the U.S, paid sick leave is inconsistently included as part of workplace benefits packages, and only 72 percent of working Americans have access to this benefit.</p>
<p>DeRigne and Stoddard-Dare caution that unless benefits are made equitable across employer size, Americans working for smaller companies will always have fewer paid sick leave days. On the clinical side, they suggest expanded evening and weekend office hours and bringing routine preventive care services to the workplace. They also urge service related industries like restaurants and day care providers to give their employees adequate time off when they are sick as these employees typically have very low rates of paid sick leave days.</p>
<p>“Lack of paid sick leave not only influences work health, it also influences public health,” says Stoddard-Dare. “Workers who lack paid sick leave are more likely to go to work when they are sick and spread contagious diseases, such as influenza, in the workplace. Paid sick leave is incredibly valuable because it provides both job protection and pay during times when employees must miss work for health related reasons.”</p>
<p class="rtecenter">###</p></div></div></div>Mon, 05 Mar 2018 21:32:53 +0000600093320221 at http://www.csuohio.eduExpanding Diversity in Publishinghttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/expanding-diversity-in-publishing
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><h6><em>CSU announces new Anisfield-Wolf Fellowship</em></h6>
<p>The Cleveland State University Poetry Center and the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards are partnering to address the need for diversity and community engagement in the field of literary publishing. The two organizations have created a new writing and publishing fellowship that will allow creative writing post-graduates to develop a comprehensive understanding of the industry while also initiating a literary outreach project in Cleveland.</p>
<p>The Anisfield-Wolf Fellowship in Writing and Publishing, made possible by a $74,300 grant from the Cleveland Foundation, will fund the inaugural two-year fellowship at the CSU Poetry Center, a nationally recognized literary press that publishes innovative poetry, prose, and translations. Fellows will have the opportunity to edit contemporary literature, enhance community engagement opportunities for the Center, mentor MFA students, and assist with daily publishing operations.</p>
<p>“This Fellowship will provide an emerging writer time to work on their first or second book as well as mentorship in editorial, publishing and outreach work,” notes Caryl Pagel, Director of the CSU Poetry Center. “Along with Anisfield-Wolf, we hope to help address the longstanding lack of diversity in U.S. publishing, expand our literary service to the Cleveland community, and help raise our city’s profile as a center for innovative poetry and prose.”</p>
<p>“The U.S. publishing industry is structured so that its members are 89 percent white, according to a 2014 industry-wide survey,” said Karen R. Long, manager of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. “We are delighted to address this inequity with something new under the sun: an editing and writing fellowship housed in the resurgent Cleveland State University Poetry Center. We see this as a new on-ramp that will benefit the literary arts, Cleveland and the individual chosen.”</p>
<p>CSU is currently interviewing candidates for the inaugural fellow, who will begin in the fall of 2018. Additional professional development opportunities for the fellow will include participation in Cleveland Book Week and public readings of their work for the Cleveland literary community.</p>
<p>This fellowship is named for and supported by the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, which honor literature that promotes equity and social justice and are administered through the Cleveland Foundation.</p>
<p>The Cleveland State University Poetry Center, established in 1962, is a national nonprofit independent press under the auspices of the Department of English. It has published nearly 200 collections of contemporary poetry and prose by established and emerging authors, while also serving as a center for engaged learning in creative writing, publishing and literary promotion for CSU students. To learn more, visit <a href="http://www.csupoetrycenter.com">www.csupoetrycenter.com</a>.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><h6><em>Partnering with CWRU and Mercyhurst</em></h6>
<p><img alt="Cyber Research Alliance" height="390" width="1000" class="media-element file-default" data-delta="1" typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/Cyberslider.png" title="" /></p>
<p>Three academic institutions – Cleveland State University, Case Western Reserve University and Mercyhurst University– each maintain nationally recognized programs in the science of cybersecurity. Today, they announced plans to share their individual expertise and collectively form the North Coast Cyber Research and Training Alliance to propel advances in the expanding field.</p>
<p>“We are pleased to contribute our strengths in legal technology and policy to the new alliance,” says Lee Fisher, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Dean and Joseph C. Hostetler-BakerHostetler Chair in Law. “The collaboration will prepare students for a cyber workforce in which complex problems will need to be solved at the intersection of disciplines and sectors.”</p>
<p>The agreement to jointly develop cybersecurity education, research and training programs in Western Pennsylvania and Northeast Ohio will leverage the unique combination of strengths of the three schools:</p>
<ul><li>Cyber regulatory and policy analysis at CSU’s Center for Cybersecurity and Privacy Protection</li>
<li>Cyber engineering and hardware solutions at CWRU’s Case School of Engineering</li>
<li>Cyber intelligence threat analysis and analytics at Mercyhurst’s Ridge College of Intelligence Studies &amp; Applied Sciences</li>
</ul><p>“The alliance opens the door to a variety of intriguing projects and new funding opportunities that will enable students to confront authentic problems across the full range of cyber disciplines,” notes Caleb Pifer, vice president for external relations and advancement at Mercyhurst. </p>
<p>"The multidisciplinary collaboration between Mercyhurst, Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland State University provides the complementary expertise required to address complex cybersecurity concerns across a variety of application areas," adds Ken Loparo, the Nord Professor of Engineering in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Case Western Reserve.</p>
<p>Launched in 2015, CSU’s Center for Cybersecurity and Privacy Protection integrates technical, legal, and business perspectives to address privacy and cyber-risk management concerns. The Center conducts research in numerous aspects of cyber law and policy, houses multiple professional training programs, and offers concentrations in Cybersecurity and Privacy for Juris Doctor (JD) and Master of Legal Studies (MLS) and soon a Master of Science degree in Cybersecurity.</p>
<p>###</p></div></div></div>Wed, 28 Feb 2018 20:41:45 +0000600093320209 at http://www.csuohio.eduLearning Space Law Onlinehttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/learning-space-law-online
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The Global Space Law Center, housed in Cleveland State University’s Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, will enhance its innovative curricular offerings with an online course to be offered in the summer of 2018. “<a href="https://www.law.csuohio.edu/academics/globalspacelaw/summeronline">Space Law: A Global View</a>,” will cover the fundamentals of space law and how the discipline has evolved alongside the expansion of private and governmental space activity. The course will be open to all law students both in the United States and internationally, to lawyers and other professionals with a connection or interest in the space industry, as well as to students or professionals in other disciplines.</p>
<p>The three-credit hour, asynchronous online course will be taught by the director of the Global Space Law Center, Professor Mark J. Sundahl, a leading international space lawyer. The course will also feature guest lectures and interviews with thought leaders from government and industry. Students in the course will have flexibility to complete the pre-recorded online learning modules according to their own schedules, which will allow for international students to participate in any time zone.</p>
<p>“Now is a particularly good time to study space law because we live in a period of tremendous growth in the industry,” explains Sundahl. “With ongoing rapid development of space laws and regulations, both domestically and internationally, there is a need for lawyers who understand these laws and can put them into action.”</p>
<p>Prof. Sundahl is enthusiastic about this opportunity to attract a diverse collection of international students to the course. “Asynchronous courses often increase student engagement and participation and we expect that from this course,” he adds. “By organizing this course in a way to allow for international participation, we can attract a collection of students that truly captures the global nature of space law.”</p>
<p>Students enrolling in the course will receive a broad education in space law that will cover, among other topics, the international treaties that govern the activities of nations in space and the domestic regulations that play a major role in shaping private space activity. The course will also explore the many types of space activity and will examine how the law has evolved to regulate new space industries, including space tourism, on-orbit satellite repair, and asteroid mining.</p>
<p>The course will begin on May 21 and run through a final exam taken either July 11 or July 12, according to student preference. C|M|LAW founded the Global Space Law Center in 2017, becoming the first law school in the United States to create a research center dedicated exclusively to the study of the law of outer space.</p>
<p class="rtecenter">###</p></div></div></div>Tue, 27 Feb 2018 20:02:56 +0000600093320206 at http://www.csuohio.eduSpring Concert Highlights Beauty of Dancehttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/spring-concert-highlights-beauty-dance
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><h6><em>Includes works by Antonio Brown and Doug Gillespie</em></h6>
<p><img alt="Spring Dance Concert" height="525" width="350" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" class="media-element file-default media-float-right" data-delta="1" typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/IMG_8673.jpg" title="" />Cleveland State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance, a Resident Company of Playhouse Square, will present its annual Spring Dance Concert on <strong>Friday, March 23 and Saturday, March 24 at 7:30pm at the Allen Theatre, Playhouse Square, 1407 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44115.</strong></p>
<p>All tickets are $5.00 and may be purchased by phone at 216.241.6000, online at <a href="http://www.playhousesquare.org">www.playhousesquare.org</a> or in person ahead of time at the State Theatre Ticket Office, located at 1519 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. Tickets are also available at the Allen Theatre on the nights of the performances.</p>
<p>The concert features the CSU Dance Company, alumni, guest musicians and guest artists with choreography by Antonio Brown, formerly of Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, Doug Gillespie, assistant director of Kate Weare Company and CSU dance faculty Lisa DeCato, Lynn Deering, and Chris DiCello. This repertory concert consists of both newly created and restaged works that represent varied artistic styles and music. The concert also includes a special appearance by the Antonio Brown Company.</p>
<p>A Cleveland native, dancer Antonio Brown returns to Cleveland State as guest choreographer and performer. In December he created a new work for the CSU Dance Company. Receiving motivation from upbeat music and some familiar sound bites from social media, <strong><em>The Race</em></strong> explores a journey to cross the finish line of excellence. Running a race can be difficult at times and Antonio notes, “you might have to look to others to help you stay on track along the way.”</p>
<p>Antonio will also perform excerpts from his 2015 work, <strong><em>HERE</em></strong>, created for his NYC-based Antonio Brown Dance Company. The piece examines the views of two people living in different apartments in the energized environment of Harlem, New York. Both performers in the piece share similar experiences of self-reflection and exploration while dancing to a medley of songs by James Brown.</p>
<p>Doug Gillespie’s new work Emulous is a duo created through the exploration of imitation. The dance focuses on trapping the peculiarities of motion that happen when translating movement from one person to another or from an outside source. The dancers maneuver in close proximity to each other to multidisciplinary musician Albert Mathias’ “Kangaroo.”</p>
<p>Lynn Deering choreographed the quartet <strong><em>Sones y Danza para Cuatro</em></strong> in response to a summer residency with the Cuban Dance Company Malpaso. As part of the CSU Summer Dance Workshop, Malpaso dancers taught class and shared stories with CSU Dance Company members about their love for Cuba and their experiences growing up constantly surrounded by dance, either in the streets or in the concert hall. These shared experiences provided the inspiration for a dance that explores the contrasting images of isolation and support, with dance as the connecting force and common language. The Malpaso residency was made possible by The Cleveland Foundation’s Creative Fusion project in partnership with DANCECleveland.</p>
<p>Choreographed by members of the Dance/Theater Collective, <strong><em>EarthSongs</em></strong> premiered in 1993. A collaboration among dance, theater, media art and music, the work has as its theme the issue of environmental awareness. Set to an exciting percussion score, <strong><em>EarthSongs</em></strong> uses text from sources as diverse as the songs of the Netsilik Eskimos and the writings of Rene Descartes to explore the differences between primal and contemporary attitudes about the environment and humankind's relationship to it. </p>
<p>Recognizing that the message of <strong><em>EarthSongs</em></strong> is even timelier now than it was 25 years ago, choreographers Lisa DeCato, Lynn Deering and Chris DiCello have restaged the work for the 9-member CSU Dance Company, with text and choreography updated for a more contemporary approach. <strong><em>EarthSongs</em></strong> was originally created with support from state and national funding sources including The Ohio Joint Program in the Arts and Humanities, The Ohio Arts Council, The Ashtabula Foundation and The Aveda Corporation. Since its premiere, <strong><em>EarthSongs</em></strong> has been performed in a variety of public venues in conjunction with talks, workshops and arts exhibitions on environmental topics to audiences of more than 150,000 northeast Ohioans.</p>
<p><strong>For more information about the Spring Dance Concert please contact Lynn Deering at <a href="mailto:l.deering@csuohio.edu">l.deering@csuohio.edu</a> or 216-687-4883.</strong></p>
<p class="rtecenter">###</p></div></div></div>Tue, 27 Feb 2018 18:26:35 +0000600093320204 at http://www.csuohio.eduPromoting Entrepreneurship & Legal Innovation http://www.csuohio.edu/news/promoting-entrepreneurship-legal-innovation
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><h6><em>CSU hosts Startup Vikes and Global Legal Hackathon</em></h6>
<p><img alt="Startup Vikes" height="390" width="1000" class="media-element file-default" data-delta="1" typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/SUVslider.png" title="" /></p>
<p>The fifth annual Startup Vikes event was held in tandem with the inaugural Global Legal Hackathon Friday, February 23<sup>rd</sup> through Sunday, February 25th in the Student Center on the Cleveland State University campus. Startup Vikes awarded the top three companies created during the weekend prizes and cash infusion packages. In addition, the Global Legal Hackathon selected team Inco-herent to move forward to the international competition to be held in New York on March 11<sup>th</sup>.</p>
<p>The winning Startup Vikes businesses were: ReCap ($2,000), Garage Founder ($1,000) and InSpirit ($500).</p>
<p>In addition, three Startup Vikes teams were awarded with workspace at Cleveland Co-Labs: Bloom Clothing Company, Mindful CLE and You2Better.</p>
<p>“We are very proud of all of the businesses developed during Startup Vikes and of our Global Legal Hackathon teams,” said Colette Hart, senior director for the Centers of Outreach and Engagement. “The entire weekend provided pathways for entrepreneurship – which we hope that all of our teams will pursue after the event.”</p>
<p>“The Global Legal Hackathon participants worked in teams with law and computer science students and professionals from event sponsor Baker Hostetler to develop a technical solution to a law or legal-industry related problem,” added Brian Ray, Cleveland Marshall College of Law professor and director of the C|M||Law Center for Cybersecurity and Privacy Protection. “Thanks to BakerHostetler and Startup Vikes for partnering to make Cleveland one of only 40 hackathon locations worldwide. I’m incredibly proud of all of the students who participated and excited to have three Cleveland-Marshall students on the team going to the international competition in New York.”</p>
<p>“Cleveland State University has been playing a larger role in Cleveland’s entrepreneurship ecosystem,” said Katie Van Dyke, Director of the Cleveland State University Small Business Development Center and facilitator of Startup Vikes. “It is exciting to see students from different disciplines with complementary skill sets form teams and help each other to advance their ideas and make connections that can help them continue to advance their business ideas.”</p>
<p>Among Startup Vikes 160-plus participants were students from Cleveland State University, students from four other universities and numerous community members. 28 business ideas were pitched and 14 teams formed on Friday night. The inaugural Global Legal Hackathon featured 50-plus participants included students and professionals from the legal community.</p>
<p>Over 50 mentors and presenters provided help, guidance and resources throughout the weekend ranging from strategy, branding, marketing, sales, financial, legal, design services and manufacturing to name a few.</p>
<p>“The level of participation from Cleveland State students, alumni, faculty and staff for both events was fantastic and helped make for a great weekend,” added Ray. “The entire weekend demonstrates Cleveland State University’s commitment to deeply practical learning opportunities that engage and enrich the business, technology and legal communities in Northeast Ohio.”</p>
<p>“For the winners and the teams formed, now the real work begins,” added Van Dyke. “Most of the businesses and individuals who participated will now begin refining their business models, either at the SBDC or at other sponsor accelerators including Cleveland Co-Labs, Start Mart, FlashStarts, JumpStart and LaunchHouse.”</p>
<p>Community sponsors of Startup Vikes included the main funder, Burton D. Morgan Foundation, Cleveland Co-Labs, Flashstarts, PickFu, Aladdin’s Eatery, Pepsi, Jumpstart, Inc., Cleveland Urban Winery, Ohio Small Business Development Centers and LaunchHouse.</p>
<p class="rtecenter">###</p></div></div></div>Tue, 27 Feb 2018 15:16:54 +0000600093320200 at http://www.csuohio.eduInvestigating Health Equityhttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/investigating-health-equity
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><h6><em>CSU helps lead national opinion study </em></h6>
<p><img alt="Health Equity" height="390" width="1000" class="media-element file-default" data-delta="1" typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/medical-appointment-doctor-healthcare-40568.png" title="" /></p>
<p>Cleveland State University will play a major role in a national investigation of health equity. The University is helping to lead the AmeRicans’ Conceptions of Health Equity Study (<a href="https://arches.chip.uconn.edu/">ARCHES</a>), which will examine how Americans of diverse socioeconomic, professional, and racial/ethnic backgrounds think about fairness in the health domain. The project is made possible through a $699,960 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.</p>
<p>The CSU team is led by co-investigator Dr. Colleen Walsh, assistant professor of health sciences, and also includes Dr. Ronnie Dunn, associate professor of urban studies at Cleveland State and director of the newly established Diversity Institute. Dr. Sarah Willen, an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Connecticut, is the principal investigator and Dr. Abigail Fisher Williamson, assistant professor of political science and public policy and law at Trinity College is also a co-investigator.</p>
<p>The grant will support a two-phase study that launched in October 2017 and will run through the fall of 2019. The researchers plan to investigate how Americans think about the question, “whose health deserves society’s attention, investment, or care?” In the first study phase, the research team will engage residents of Ohio’s Greater Cleveland area using interviews and ethnographic methods. A key partner in the study’s first phase is HIP-Cuyahoga (Health Improvement Partnership-Cuyahoga), a county-wide health equity initiative in Greater Cleveland of which Dr. Walsh has been an active member. In the second phase, the team will test findings from Cleveland through a national survey.</p>
<p>“Having been a member of the Eliminating Structural Racism sub-committee of HIP-Cuyahoga for several years, I have been interested in finding ways that research can help tackle some of the key questions facing health care policy,” Walsh says. “For example, how do we have open and honest discussions about race, class and gender that allow for policy changes to improve health?”</p>
<p>The results of the study will help advance local health equity efforts like HIP-Cuyahoga, which seeks to improve health for all people who live, work and play in the county. Walsh also hopes to involve students in the project and use the experience to improve understanding of how policy decisions around health are made. </p>
<p>“In doing this applied research that engages the local community broadly, we hope that what we find will aid decision-makers and residents in their work to develop policy and practice around equity and inclusion,” Walsh adds. “We also want to prepare the next generation of health practitioners to better engage in the policy making process.”</p>
<p>The study team will also draw on the expertise of local residents and stakeholders as well as researchers at Brown University, Case Western Reserve University, Syracuse University, the University of South Florida, and First Year Cleveland.</p>
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